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Switch up your listening with classical music

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

Wind down with 30 minutes of uninterrupted music beginning with a taste of Spain curtesy pianist, Benjamin Grosvenor and a pathway to love sung by soprano, Veronique Gens. A song without words by Tchaikovsky leads to a gorgeous choral setting by Eleanor Daley expressing the beauty and tranquillity of a full moon. The programme ends with Vikingur Ólafsson's interpretation of the Andante from Bach's Sonata BWV. 528, followed Fauré's wistful Pavane.

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Wed 2 Aug 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Tango (España Op.165)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Piano Quintet in D minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • ALPHA.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Mélodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchikovsky: Souvenir Russe: Baiba Skride.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata no.4 BWV.528 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: August Stradal. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op.50

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Aug 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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