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Classical music to inspire you

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

A mix featuring some truly iconic tunes, from the Doctor Who main theme to Fauré's Pavane, Holst's Mars to Bernstein's Mambo, and Debussy's Arabesque to Bach's Air on a G string.

Produced by David Fay.

30 minutes

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Thu 26 Jan 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice in E major, Op.1 no.1

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
    • Paganini: 24 Capricci: Leonidas Kavacos.
    • Dynamic.
    • 1.

  • Ron Grainer

    Doctor Who (Original Theme)

    Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire.
    • SILVER SCREEN.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Planets Suite Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Holst: The Planets.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 101.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op.50 arr McFerrin for voice and orchestra.

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • SONY.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue no.5 in D major Op.87 no.5

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Who is Silvia (Let us garlands bring, Op 18 No 2)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Jan 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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