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Suite Antique, for flute, harpsichord and strings

Composed by

John Rutter (1945-)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Rutter

Label

Decca

Catalog Number

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Today's Playlist

9:24pm Drop, drop, slow tears

Composed by

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

Performed by

King's College Choir/Cleobury

9:26pm Eclogue for Piano and Strings

Composed by

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Performed by

Jones/English String Orchestra/Boughton

9:37pm Suite in D from Terpsichore

Composed by

Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

Performed by

Christopher Parkening

9:50pm God shall wipe away all tears

Composed by

Karl Jenkins (1944-)

Performed by

Polyphony/Layton

9:54pm Elegy

Composed by

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

Performed by

Philip Brunnelle, organ

10:01pm Hour of Peace

Composed by

Florence Price (1887-1953)

Performed by

Tom Winpenny

10:05pm Let My Love Be Heard

Composed by

Jake Runestad (1986-)

Performed by

Wartburg College Choir/Nelson

10:11pm String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Smetana Quartet

10:40pm Hymn to a Blue Hour

Composed by

John Mackey

Performed by

Dallas Winds/Junkin

10:52pm There will be Rest

Composed by

Frank Ticheli (b.1958)

Performed by

Vox Humana/Childs

11:00pm American Rhapsody (Romance for Violin and Orchestra)

Composed by

Kenneth Fuchs (b.1956)

Performed by

Ivakhiv/National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine/Sirenko

11:13pm Five Hebrew Love Songs

Composed by

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Performed by

Eric Whitacre Singers/Laudibus/Pavao Quartet/Whitacre

11:24pm Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan

Composed by

John Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

Black Dyke Band/Childs

11:31pm As All the Heavens Were a Bell

Composed by

Jay Bocook (b.1953)

Performed by

Midwest Wind Ensemble

11:38pm Shenandoah

Composed by

Traditional American, arr. by Caroline Shaw

Performed by

Ma/Stott

11:45pm Music selected by the announcer