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A chilled half hour of classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including part of Faure's Requiem, Mozart and a clarinet concerto movement by pioneering British composer Ruth Gipps.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, Op 16 No 2

    Performer: Hélène Boschi.
    • Clara Schumann Piano Works.
    • CALLIOPE.
    • 002.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pie Jesu (Requiem, Op 48)

    Performer: John Wells. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Bob Chilcott.
    • Faure/Durufle: Requiems: Willcocks/Ledger.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Manuel Ponce

    Cello Sonata in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John‐Henry Crawford. Performer: Victor Santiago Asuncion.
    • Corazón.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1003.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op.9 (2nd mvt: Lento ma con moto)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Reawakened: Clarinet Concertos by Hamilton, Gipps, Walthew & Ireland.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 8.
  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Symphony in G minor, Bryan g1: II. Andante cantabile

    Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Helmrath.
    • Böhmische Klassik.
    • Orfeo.
    • 102.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K 240 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Divertimenti for 6 Wind Instruments: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Orfeo.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Pieces, Op. 76 No. 4 Intermezzo in B flat major. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Nov 202519:00

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