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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring reflective Ravel, vibrant Bach and chamber music by Fanny Mendelssohn.

Radio 3's half-hour of unpresented classical music to ease you into the evening. Tonight's mix includes reflective piano from Ravel, a buoyant Brandenburg Concerto from Bach, and beautiful chamber music by Fanny Mendelssohn. Plus, Maestro Leonard Bernstein gets things off to a flier with his Overture to Candide.

Producer: David Fay.

30 minutes

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Fri 24 Nov 202319:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Ravel, The Piano Concertos: Aimard/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • William Byrd

    Emendemus in Melius

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Hyperion.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La catedral (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 15.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (2nd mvt: Larghetto)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Piano Quartet, Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 84 in E-Flat Major, "In Nomine Domini": (4th mvt Finale)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 204.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Nov 202319:00
    BBC Radio 3

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