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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Wind down with 30 minutes of uninterrupted music beginning with a Will-o'-the-wisp by Liszt and a musette based on music by Satie. While pianist Stephen Hough brings some glitz via a Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto, Yo Yo Ma and friends calm things down with their take on a Bach chorale prelude. The programme ends with the sublime Ave Maria by Schubert and the joyful finale of Dvorak's American Quartet.

Producer: Marie Claire Doris

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Feb 2025 19:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra: Stephen Hough, CBSO, Or.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's Bach Trios.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 005.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang 3 (Ave Maria), D 839

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in F major, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: Quatuor op. 96 "Americain": Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
  • Fri 28 Feb 2025 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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