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Find some headspace in classical music

Wind down with back-to-back classical music, including a familiar choral version of one of the most famous works by Karl Jenkins, a fairy tale by Ravel, and some bluesy piano music by Madeleine Dring.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Nov 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 no.14

    Music Arranger: David Campbell. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata BWV.140)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Colour Suite; Blue Air

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • EM RECORDS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Petit Poucet (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Arabesque (Ainola Lyrical Ballads)

    Performer: Yumiko Oshima-Ryan.
    • Naxos.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Cantate Domino

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DG.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Prince And The Pauper Suite - 1. Main Title

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Fri 1 Mar 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Tue 18 Nov 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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