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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with chamber music by Sibelius, Fauré's Après un reve and Monteverdi played by Jeremy Denk.

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Mon 18 Sep 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Vivace (Original finale of the Piano Quintet, JS 159)

    Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto. Performer: Laura Vikman. Performer: Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic. Performer: Joel Laakso. Performer: Folke Gräsbeck.
    • Sibelius Edition Chamber Music II.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve (3 Songs Op.7)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Susan Manoff.
    • NAÏVE.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro Torna

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance for violin and orchestra in G major, Op 40

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Violin Romances: Chung Trio/Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Il Ritorno

    Ensemble: Fieri Consort.
    • Virtuosa of Venice.
    • Fieri.
    • 07.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Sep 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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