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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by favourites such as Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Chopin.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including a mass for peace by Karl Jenkins, a nocturne by Chopin, and a Romanze by Weiner.

Tonight's classical mixtape opens with one of Dvorak's Cyprise for string quartet, an arrangement of his 12 songs from the Cyrpise song cycle. Bruckner brings us calm with one of his haunting graduals for choir, Os justi, gently drawing us in the fourth of Alice Mary Smith's 6 short pieces for piano. From there, Saint-Saens uplifts us with his Symphony in A major, before Jenkins prays for peace with the Benedictus from The Armed Man. Chopin reminds us of the time with his Nocturne in B major, before Leo Weiner shares his indulgent Romanze for cello, harp and string orchestra.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Jun 2025 19:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cypresses B.152 (no.1)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Dvorak: American Quartet, Cypresses: Hagen Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os Justi

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Six Short Pieces for piano (No 4 in A major)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony in A Major: II. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • NAXOS.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (from The Armed Man - a Mass for Peace)

    Performer: Timothy Hugh. Singer: Malakai. Choir: Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Decca.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major Op.32 no.1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Le贸 Weiner

    Romanze

    Performer: Ditta Rohmann. Performer: Melinda Fellet谩r. Orchestra: M脕V Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: Val茅ria Cs谩nyi.
    • Weiner: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Jun 2025 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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