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Chill-Out Classics

Jamie MacDougall presents an evening of chilled-out classical music to bring your weekend to a gentle conclusion. Soothing music is blended together with the calming sounds of nature as, for one evening, 'Classics Unwrapped' becomes 'Classics Unwound'.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 19 Nov 201721:05
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Paul Reade

    The Victorian Kitchen Garden (Prelude)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Skaila Kanga.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Michael Stern.

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Moonlight

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs (Meditation)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

  • Samuel Barber

    String Quartet in B minor, Op 11, 2nd mvt.

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.

  • Barde Ashot

    Lamento (Ene sarere)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer (From Jewish Life)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Berceuse

    Performer: John Williams.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, Aria

    Performer: Glenn Gould.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cavatina from Miniatures, Op 75a

    Ensemble: Members of the Zemlinsky Quartet.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Steven Osborne.

  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus à 8

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.

  • Warren Mailley-Smith

    Berceuse Op 57

  • Francesco Cilea

    Ecco Respiro Appena from 'Adriana Lecouvreur'

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Ion Marin.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Symphony No 3, Op 36, 2nd mvt.

    Conductor: Donald Runnicles. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Christine Brewer.

  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic from The Planets

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Sep 201721:00
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sun 19 Nov 201721:05
    BBC Radio Scotland