Mood - Focus

Sibelius: Humoresques, Op 87 No. 1, Op 89 No. 3, Op 87 No. 2

Charming and playful - but no joke!

Stravinsky: Divertimento - The Fairy's Kiss

Sealed with a kiss

Haydn: The Creation

"Let there be Light"

Dudley: Music and Silence

Feels like a soundtrack to an epic film

Weber: Der Freischütz (Overture)

Dark doings deep in the forest

Sibelius: Tapiola

Illusions in the enchanted forests of northern Finland

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

"...you have the harmonious silence of Heaven"

Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel

Music for your next road trip

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 (Prelude and fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 870)

Simply keyboard perfection

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K 216

Bright sun and hot nights

Rossini: Petite messe solennelle

Rossini's "sins of old age"

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E major, S 49

Trumpet triumph

Bach: Mass in B minor

Believe in this

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

A rich banquet of sound

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, 'A London Symphony'

London: mist, noise and night-time

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op 11

Polish pianistic perfection

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op 11 No. 1

Vivid and spontaneous folk music

Maconchy: Concertino for clarinet

Delicate lyricism and syncopated rhythms

Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75

Bouncing along to a bassoon

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Soaring melodies of high emotion

Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major

The sounds of The Heavenly Life

Bach: Violin sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017

Powerful spells conjured with a violin bow

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77

Perhaps the greatest violin concerto of them all

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

Baroque at its best

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35

The precious gift his lover rejected

Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major for keyboard, BWV 829

Oh Partita, tell me what's wrong

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61

A celebrated work full of big tunes

Grieg: Quartet in G minor, Op 27

Norwegian mood music

Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires arr. Sergio Assad (Spring)

Old meet new and check out each other’s moves on the dancefloor

Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires arr. Sergio Assad (Summer)

Tango meets baroque in Buenos Aires

Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires arr. Sergio Assad (Autumn)

Soul and atmosphere with attitude!

Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires arr. Sergio Assad (Winter)

Sentimental tunes flood the memory from the bars of Buenos Aires

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op 39

Wrap up warm for this one!

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op 43

A confession of the soul

Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op 52

Three movements to move you

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Music to watch the swans fly by

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op 104

Like taking an ice bath

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op 105

"The grandest celebration of C major there ever was"

Haydn: Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No. 4, (Sunrise)

Wake up and greet the new day

Webern: Passacaglia, Op 1

Grief, anger and loss in every note

Purcell: Music for a While

A complex and dissonant tale about a spirit goddess

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

The first unfinished Romantic symphony?

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550

Pay attention and get a magnificent reward

Debussy: La Mer

When you listen, can you see the sea?

Tallis: Spem in alium

An avalanche of sound

Ravel: Bolero

It spun ice into gold for Torvill and Dean

Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op 10

Great bursts of energy forge exciting new musical paths

Copland: Appalachian Spring

The stately sound of American mountains and big skies

Strauss II: The Blue Danube

The ultimate in Viennese sophistication

Beach: Romance, Op 23

Past loves reawakened through piano and violin

Halvorsen: Passacaglia

Handel with care

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D 821

What do you get when you cross a guitar with a cello?

Ravel: String Quartet

Future sounds from a master of tomorrow

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K 488

Beautiful flavours combine for a taste sensation

Franck: Cello Sonata in A major, M 8

From one of the best violin sonatas came… one of the best for cello!

Villa-Lobos: 12 Études for guitar (Étude No. 1 in E minor)

Written in Paris, the guitar etudes expanded the player’s technique

Scarlatti: Sonata in B minor, Kk 27

Serene, poised and tranquil

Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major, 'Clock' (2nd mvt, Andante)

Tick-tock strings to charm and delight

Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485

Mozart lives on in this work composed 25 years after his death

Bach: French suite No.2 in C minor [arr. Garcia / Morinere], BWV 813

Perfect on any instrument

Brahms: 25 Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24

Ferocious and exhilarating variations

Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op 20

A 16-year-old conjures up a thrilling mix of rhythm and melody

Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat major for keyboard, BWV 825

Daring, tuneful and exciting

Schubert: Trio in E flat major, D 929

Spirited, large and dramatic

Ravel: Jeux d'eau

Water, water everywhere

Haydn: Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No. 4, (Sunrise)

Wake up and greet the new day

Bizet: Symphony in C major

A fresh and inventive teenage symphony

Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in E minor, RV 40 (6 sonatas, No. 5)

Listen as the cello climbs out of the deeper tones and takes you with it

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op 13

“A magic floats above everything”

Bennett: Aubade for orchestra

A tribute to a friend gone too soon

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

A King Herod drama to enrage and delight

Adams: Harmonium

A pulsing, irresistible rhythmic and vocal spell

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581

Wild thing, you make my clarinet sing

Rachmaninov: Etudes-tableaux, Op 39

Give this one a big hand

Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op 13

Too Norwegian? No such thing!

Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Pushing the cello to the very limit

Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op 99

Deep sounds in a huge work for cello

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K 511

Even geniuses get the blues

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