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Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a gorgeous 30-minute soundscape of classical music - from Puccini's rousing William Tell Overture to Brahms's sublime Geistliches Lied, with treats from Knut Nystedt, Mendelssohn, Morley, Fauré and Max Richter along the way.

Producer: Christina Kenny for BBC Audio.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Sep 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture - conclusion)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Knut Nystedt

    Immortal Bach

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in E flat major, Op 30 No 1

    Performer: Peter Nagy.
    • Naxos.

  • Thomas Morley

    My bonny lasse shee smyleth

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • CBS.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Cocomi. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • FAT CAT.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied Op.30

    Music Arranger: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 30 Oct 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 19 Sep 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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