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about Music - Sundowner Programme 13 Light and Graceful Elegance

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about Music - Sundowner Programme 13 Light and Graceful Elegance
This week we will enjoy a programme of “Sundowner” music.
Easy listening for the end of the day.
The programme:
Joaquín Rodrigo - Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068_ II. Air on the G String
Erik Satie - 3 Gymnopédies_ No. 1, Lent et douloureux
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3, Hob. lll_ 77 Emperor - II. Poco adagio, cantabile
Luigi Boccherini - Minuet from String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5
Stanley Myers – Cavatina from “The Deer Hunter”
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E Flat Major
Gioacchino Rossini - Overture to “The Italian Girl in Algiers”
Johannes Brahms - Waltz, Op. 35, No. 15 in A-Flat
21 May 2025 English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary

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