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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Today's mix includes music by Brahms, Chopin, Grieg and Holst, plus polyphony from Heinrich Isaac and something enchanting from Thea Musgrave.

29 minutes

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Mon 1 Aug 202219:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 7 in A major

    Ensemble: Katia Labèque.
    • The Hungarian Dances.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 7.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Song of the Enchanter

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Heinrich Isaac

    Virgo prudentissima

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • FROM THE IMPERIAL COURT: MUSIC FOR THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG / STILE ANTICO.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 11.

  • Eugen d’Albert

    String Quartet no.1 in A minor, Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Sarastro Quartett.
    • Christophorus.

  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1 ('Minute Waltz')

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • The Chopin Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    Fantasia on the Dargason (Suite in F major for military band, Op 28 No 2)

    Ensemble: Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Telarc.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite: Praeludium

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Aug 202219:00
    BBC Radio 3

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