 
                
                        The perfect classical half hour
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Handel, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky side by side with Carwithen, Bologne and Mealor.
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, the gavotte from Stravinsky's Pulcinella and the Rose Adagio from Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. Also in the mix is a spiky piano sonatina by Doreen Carwithen, an elegant string quartet by Joseph Bologne and Paul Maelor's beautiful setting of Lord Byron's 'She Walks In Beauty'.
Producer: Ian Wallington
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    ![]()  George Frideric HandelSinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon) Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
- 5.
 
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    ![]()  Doreen CarwithenPiano Sonatina (III. Allegro molto) Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- Neglected Works For Piano.
- db Productions.
- 8.
 
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    ![]()  Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-GeorgesConcertante Quartet No 5 in G major (2nd mvmt, Gratioso) Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.- Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
- Naxos.
- 502.
 
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    ![]()  Paul MealorShe walks in beauty Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Paul Mealor: A Tender Light: Tenebrae/RPO/Short.
- Decca.
- 5.
 
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    ![]()  Igor StravinskyGavotta con due variazioni (Pulcinella Suite) Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- Stravinsky Apollon Musagete and Pulcinella Suite.
- Linn Records.
- 18.
 
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    ![]()  Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66) Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.- Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
- Sony Classical.
- 17.
 
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- Fri 13 Sep 2024 19:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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