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A 30-minute prescription for calm

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Including music by Tchaikovsky, William Grant Still and Randall Thompson

Today's half hour of back to back classical music begins with a Schubert song sung by the peerless Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, which the composer Nicholas Britell used as inspiration for his score to popular HBO TV drama series Succession. Other music in the mix includes an enchanting waltz by Tchaikovsky, Butterworth's nostalgic Banks of Green Willow, a haunting performance for voice and piano of the Corpus Christi Carol by Britten, and music by the American composers William Grant Still and Randall Thompson.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Fri 2 Jan 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Ständchen (Schwanengesang, D 957)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
    • DG.

  • Nicholas Britell

    Succession (Music from the TV drama series); Andante Espressivo - Number One Boy

    • Succession: Season 4.
    • Lake George Music Group.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse sentimentale (6 Pieces Op.51)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Cinema.
    • Sony.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony: LSO/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • William Grant Still

    Prelude (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • KOCH.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol (A Boy was Born)

    Performer: Harvey Brough. Performer: Robert Weddle.
    • Gloria In Excelsis.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 9.

  • Randall Thompson

    Largo - second movement of Symphony No 2 in E minor

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Jan 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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