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Power through with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including music by Stravinsky, Ravel, Nico Muhly, Isaac Albeniz and Florence Price - amongst others.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music favourites including the Overture from Stravinsky's Pulcinella Suite, Ravel's Alborada del gracioso performed by two marimbas, a flute sonata by Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia, and Florence Price's Adoration in an arrangement for orchestra and solo cello.

Producer: Eleonora Claps

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Jan 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Craft.
    • NAXOS.

  • Nico Muhly

    Quiet Music

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.

  • Agathe Backer-Grondahl

    Aftnen er stille (The Evening is Quiet)

    Choir: Edvard Grieg Kor. Singer: Hilde Veslemoy Hagen. Singer: Orjan Hartveit. Conductor: Paul Robinson.
    • Edvard Grieg Kor Sings Grieg.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Music Arranger: Safri Duo. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • 'Striking a Balance'.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

    Flute Sonata in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean Bregnac. Performer: Jennifer Hardy. Performer: Yoann Moulin.
    • Liebe Amalia….
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Iberia Suite (El Puerto)

    Orchestrator: Enrique Fernández Arbós. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Albeniz: Iberia Suite: Philharmonia, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Norman Hallam

    Bossa nova (Dance Suite for wind quintet)

    Performer: Janna Huneke. Performer: Sarah Devonald. Performer: Mark Lacey. Performer: Tim Swanwick. Performer: Alec Forshaw.
    • Harmoniemusik.
    • The Classical Recording Company.
    • 24.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Julian Riem. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Jan 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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