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Thirty minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including music by Handel, Holst, Grainger, Graupner and Nielsen.

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Mon 20 Mar 202319:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Prelude; Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Water Music & Fireworks.
    • Glossa.
    • 10-11.

  • Gustav Holst

    Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hexagon Ensemble.
    • The British Connection.
    • Etcetera.
    • 005.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Il estoit une religieuse

    Choir: Camerata Vocale de Genève. Conductor: Edouard Garo.
    • Roland de Lassus - Pierre Certon: Chansons gaillardes et bachiques du XVIe siècl.
    • VDE-Gallo.
    • 12.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española No 1 (Cadiz)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Was Gott thut, das ist wohl gethan, es bleibt gerecht sein Wille

    Ensemble: Kirchheimer BachConsort. Director: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch.
    • Christoph Graupner: Epiphany cantatas.
    • CPO.
    • 1.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 2, 'The Four Temperaments' (4th mvmt, Sanguine)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Mar 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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