Classical music to inspire you
Half an hour of back-to-back classical music, including works by Karl Jenkins, Elena Kats-Chernin, Buxtehude and Poulenc.
Enjoy a half-hour sequence of classical music beginning with a catchy setting of "Dona Nobis Pacem" by Karl Jenkins, fluttering piano in "Butterflying" by Elena Kats-Chernin, Grieg's ever-popular "Morning Mood", and a seductive instrumental arrangement of Manual de Falla's popular Spanish song "Nana". Ethereal choral music by Kerensa Briggs sits alongside Emma Kirkby singing Buxtehude, and the transcendent beauty of Poulenc's piano concerto.
Producer: Helen Garrison
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Karl Jenkins
Dona nobis pacem (Stelle Natalis)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Choir: Tenebrae. Choir: The Adiemus Singers. Orchestra: Marylebone Camerata.- Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis.
- EMI.
- 10.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Butterflying
Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.- Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
- Signum Classics.
- 13.
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Edvard Grieg
Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1 Op.46)
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.- 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Manuel de Falla
Nana (7 Popular Spanish Songs)
Performer: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Göran Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.- Roots.
- Sony Classical.
- 15.
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Kerensa Briggs
Media vita
Ensemble: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 13.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Laudate pueri, Dominum, BuxWV 69
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet. Ensemble: Fretwork.- CHANDOS.
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Francis Poulenc
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
- LPO.
- 2.
Broadcast
- Mon 8 Sep 202519:00BBC Radio 3
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