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The perfect classical half hour

Sit back and relax to half an hour of classical music by Haydn, Chaminade, Schubert, Beethoven, Enescu, Whitacre, Mozart, and Debussy.
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Produced by Zara Siddiqi

29 minutes

Last on

Thu 21 Nov 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 87 in A major (finale)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 12.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Thème varié, Op 89

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, D. 46

    Ensemble: Melos Quartett.
    • Schubert: The String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Oboe Trio, Op 87 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marilyn Zupnik. Performer: Kathryn Greenbank. Performer: Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia.
    • Resonance.

  • George Enescu

    Cantabile and Presto

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • Café au lait: Music for Flute and Piano.
    • Bis.
    • 4-5.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K 299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Fritz Helmis. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Nov 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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