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

Half an hour of back to back classical music infused with seasonal flavours to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Sit back and listen to Bach's Advent cantata Wachet auf, a Christmas lullaby from Herbert Howells, musical snowy landscapes from William Alwyn, Danny Elfman and Debussy, and festive brass from John Rutter. All that and a passing planet drifting to music by Joby Talbot, and a dancing sugarplum fairy.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Last on

Tue 16 Dec 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata No 140) - chorus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 12: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 19.

  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonia No 6 for 5-part viol consort

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Birds On Fire.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 11.

  • Joby Talbot

    Transit of Venus

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Wayne McGregor: Collaboration.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, bk 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • Herbert Howells

    Sing Lullaby

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.

  • John Rutter

    Jesus Child (Arr. for Brass Band)

    Music Arranger: Eric Wilson. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Brass at Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 113.

  • Danny Elfman

    Ice Dance (Edward Scissorhands)

    Ensemble: The Paulist Choristers of California. Conductor: Shirley Walker.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Geffen.
    • 7.

  • William Alwyn

    Winter Landscape (Winter Poems)

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • SOMM.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Dec 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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