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Classical music to inspire you

A 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites mixed with jazz, including film music by Takemitsu, shimmering strings from Richard Strauss, and Gershwin with Oscar Peterson.

Relax with a 30 minute, uninterrupted sequence of classical music, jazz and a waltzing film score from Toru Takemitsu. Bathe in shimmering strings from a Richard Strauss song, tap your toes to Oscar Peterson's take on Gershwin and Bizet's lively Symphony in C, and feel the soothing calm of a saxophone weaving around Renaissance choral music by Orlando Gibbons. There is also music by Grace Williams, Fauré, Bach and Haydn.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 Feb 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in F major, H XVIII 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Haydn: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ständchen, Op 17 No 2

    Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Masques et bergamasques, Op 112 (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Dolly Suite etc.: Soloists/BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • The Oscar Peterson Trio

    Our Love Is Here to Stay

    • Oscar Peterson Trio-Songbooks+, Vol. 7.
    • Documents.
    • 7.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Waltz (Face of Another)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth (Yearning)

    Performer: Edward Witsenburg.
    • Harp Music from Six Centuries.
    • Globe.
    • 20.

  • Diego Ortiz

    Recercada segunda de tenore (Trattado de glosas)

    Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • Garden of Early Delights: Pamely Thorby.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • LINN.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Feb 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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