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The perfect classical half hour

A seamless mix of uplifting and hypnotic music, from Handel to Brian Eno.

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Fri 12 Jun 202019:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest, HWV 258

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Simon Preston. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Preston, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Leos Janáček

    Pohadka (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • HYPERION.

  • Brian Eno

    Music for Airports (1/1)

    Composer: Robert Wyatt. Composer: Rhett Davies. Performer: Robert Wyatt. Performer: Brian Eno.
    • Virgin Music.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major, Op 117 No 1, 'Schlummerlied'

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Brahms: Klavierstucke Op.116-119: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia', 2nd mvt

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Jun 202019:00
    BBC Radio 3

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