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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Mozart's The Magic Flute, Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto and the waltz from the film Amélie.

Half an hour of back-to-back classical music, opening with Salieri's opera 'Cesare in Farmacusa', and ending with Offenbach's 'Les Fées du Rhin'. In between, there's Tchaikovsky's 'Sleeping Beauty', one of Fanny Mendelssohn's piano 'Songs Without Words', a Scottish dance by late Renaissance composer William Brade, and a Marian hymn by Estonian maestro Arvo Pärt.

Producer: Julien Rosa

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonio Salieri

    Cesare in Farmacusa - Overture

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Timo Jouko Herrmann.
  • Juan del Encina

    Amor con fortuna

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
  • Yann Tiersen

    La valse d'Amélie

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Pas de caractère)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio in C major, H IV 1, 'London' (3rd mvt, Vivace)

    Performer: Jean‐Pierre Rampal. Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Performer: Gilbert Audin.
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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alles fühlt der Liebe; Der Hölle Rache (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Edita Gruberová. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Singer: Peter Keller. Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies (Allegro molto vivace)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
  • François Couperin

    Pièces en concert for cello and strings (No 3, 'La tromba')

    Performer: Jian Wang. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
  • William Brade

    A Scottish Dance

    Performer: Gawain Glenton. Ensemble: In Echo.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.7

    Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Bogoroditsye Dyevo

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
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  • Jacques Offenbach

    The Rhine Nixies (Grand Waltz)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.

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  • Fri 12 May 2023 19:00
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