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Take time out with 30 minutes of back to back classical music, including works by William Grant Still, Gabriel Fauré, Philippe de Monte and Michel Legrand.

30 minutes of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's sequence begins with a moonlit forest at dusk, as depicted by William Grant Still, and a riverside lament by the Renaissance Flemish composer Philipps de Monte. Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Fauré's wistful Faintaisie for flute sit alongside Ravel's impish "Il Pantoum" from his piano trio, and the day comes full circle with Handel's contemplative duet "As Steals the Morn". The thoughtful mood continues as the mixtape ends with an enchanting arrangement for 12 cellos of "The Windmills of your Mind" by Michel Legrand.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Thu 12 Feb 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes (Moon Dusk)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Wood Notes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Philippe de Monte

    Super flumina Babylonis

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies nos. 5 & 1: Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Fantaisie, Op 79

    Orchestrator: Louis Aubert. Performer: William Bennett. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • ARGO.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A Minor: II. Pantoum: Assez vif

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Onyx.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Michel Legrand

    The Windmills of Your Mind

    Music Arranger: Michail Tsygutkin. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • As Time Goes By.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Feb 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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