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Your daily classical soundtrack

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

29 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Aug 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Nocturne (The Gadfly Suite, Op.97a)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • DECCA.
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • In Praise of Woman.
    • HELIOS.
    • 017.
  • André Caplet

    Adagio for violin & organ

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Performer: François Saint-Yves.
    • Fauré: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Federico Mompou

    Musica callada - book 1 for piano; I. Angelico

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Mompou: Musica Callada.
    • Hyperion.
  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • This is the Day.
    • Collegium Records.
    • 15.
  • John Williams

    Hymn To The Fallen (Saving Private Ryan)

    Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Saving Private Ryan.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • Jean-Baptiste Barrière

    Sonata no. 10 in G major for 2 cellos; Adagio

    Performer: Patrick Demenga. Performer: Thomas Demenga.
    • Knaifel, Barrière: Lux Aeterna.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Dusk (Fancy Dress suite, Op 82 No 3)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Aug 2025 19:00

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