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A laid-back sequence of classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Ravel, Poulenc and Bizet, seasonal choral music for advent by Joanna Forbes L'Estrange, a taste of winter from Delius, and some of Nicholas Britell's haunting score for the TV drama - Succession.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Dec 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV.1067 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Paul Reade

    Spring (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    L' Enfant et les Sortileges (Garden Scene)

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for flute and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.

  • Joanna Forbes L'Estrange

    Advent 'o' Carol

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 501.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: Pieds-en-l'air

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (Minuet, transcribed for piano)

    Performer: Olga Kern.
    • Rachmaninov: Transcriptions/variations: Olga Kern.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Michael Abels

    Chevalier "Soul of an Artist"

    Performer: Ronald Long, Jr.. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Abels.
    • Chevalier.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 10.

  • Nicholas Britell

    Lamentoso (Music from the TV drama series Succession: Season 4)

    • Succession: Season 4.
    • Lake George Music Group.
    • 21.

  • Frederick Delius

    Winter Landscape (North Country Sketches)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Delius: Brigg Fair etc: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Mackerras.
    • Argo.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Dec 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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