
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
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Music Played
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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.- Haydn: London Trios: Rampal, Schulz, 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.- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
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Jacques Offenbach
The Rhine Nixies (Grand Waltz)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
Broadcasts
- Fri 12 May 2023 19:00ѿý Radio 3
- Wed 2 Oct 2024 19:00ѿý Radio 3
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