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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including a wedding cake from Saint-Saens, a String Sextet by Brahms, a beautiful motet from Tomas Luis de Victoria and ending with Mozart's 'Gran Partita' for thirteen instruments.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Jul 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 - VI. L'île inconnue

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • LINN.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 16.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet No 1 in B flat major, Op 18 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Impromptu, Op 9

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CPO.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Versa est in luctum (Requiem Mass, 1605)

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Victoria: Requiem Mass, 1605.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat K.361 "Gran Partita" (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Wind Ensemble of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Sinfonia concertante / Serenade Nr.10 "Gran Partita".
    • Decca.
    • 7.

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  • Tue 15 Jul 2025 19:00

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