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Classical music for focus and inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, today featuring Mancini, Chopin and Boulanger.

Your half hour curated playlist of classical music begins with the great Henry Mancini, before taking you on a journey with Frederic Chopin, Lili Boulanger and Henry Purcell. Expect Fauré and Marcello before a surprising ending with the conclusion to Gershwin's An American in Paris...

Producer: Hayley Wiltshire.

29 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Jan 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the Trumpet

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Singer: Mark Deller. Orchestra: Oriana Concert Orchestra.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no.2 in G major Op.111 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Roland Glassl. Ensemble: Mandelring Quartet.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse, Op 16

    Performer: François Salque. Performer: Eric Le Sage.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Malcolm Messiter. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris (conclusion)

    Performer: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 26 Jun 201819:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Thu 27 Aug 202019:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Wed 17 Jan 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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