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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from your favourite composers such as Telemann, Whitacre, Mozart, Bonis, and Brahms.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi

29 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Jul 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in F Major, TWV 55:F7, "Á la pastorelle ": I. Overture

    Conductor: Christian Birnbaum. Ensemble: Baroque Ensemble of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
    • Fiori Musicali Triberg, Vol. 1-6.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 31.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

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

  • 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.

  • Friedrich Benda

    Viola Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, LorB 316: III. Rondo à la chasse

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Benda: Viola Concertos Nos. 1-3.
    • CPO.
    • 303.

  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi Op.117 (no.1 in E flat major 'Schlummerlied')

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Jul 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

Music to help you focus

Music to help you focus

Discover the best classical music for study, inspiration and relaxation.