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Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Joseph Boulogne, Caroline Shaw, Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn, and Bach.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including a string quartet by Joseph Boulogne, a sonata for harp by Germaine Tailleferre, a meditative choral piece by Caroline Shaw, a solo guitar arrangement of The Dance of the Miller by de Falla, and a concerto for violin and orchestra by Bach.

Producer: Eleonora Claps

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Jul 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    String Quartet in B flat (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Coffee)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Farruca (The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • MIlos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 5.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • DORIAN SONO LUMINUS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Standage. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • J. S. Bach: Konzerte, The English Concert.
    • Polydor.
    • 3.

  • John Mackey

    Sheltering Sky

    Ensemble: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Jerry Junkin.
    • Asphalt Cocktail: The Music of John Mackey.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the swallow

    Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Kinderstück No 5 in G minor, Op 72

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 29.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Jul 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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