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Expand your horizons with classical music

An eclectic mix, including music by Brahms, Bach and Amy Beach, haunting interludes from Arvo Part and Ivor Gurney, and an impertinent suggestion from Benjamin Britten.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 2 in D minor

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan. Music Arranger: Joseph Joachim.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Prelude No 4 in D major, BWV 936

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Allegro Appassionato Op.43

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon.
    • Hanssler Classic.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    O Adonai (7 Magnificat Antiphons)

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Berliner Messe: Magnificat Antiphons etc: Polyphony: Andrew Lucas/Steven layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in B flat major, D 18

    Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CASCAVELLE.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Catalu帽a (Suite espa帽ola No 1), arranged for guitar

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • 麻豆社 Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
    • 麻豆社 Radio 3.
    • 1.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.
  • Amy Beach

    Valse Caprice Op 4

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Ensemble: Wind Quintet of Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • Blaserquintett der Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • Castigo.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Mar 2022 19:00

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