Thirty minutes of classical Inspiration

“Lose yourself in a 30-minute mix of music quirkily inspired by the Baroque dance suite. We open and close with choral music: starting in the 17th century with the gigue rhythms of the Gloria from Bach's B minor Mass, and ending firmly in the 21st with Allemande from Caroline Shaw's Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices. Along the way, we hear music by Lawes, Chopin, Moondog and Paul McCartney - whose Blackbird was inspired by the Bourrée from Bach's E minor Lute Suite, which he played on the guitar as a boy. Producer: Christina Kenny”