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Switch up your listening with classical music

Radio 3's weeknight mix of classical music, specially curated to usher in your evening. Tonight, John Dowland sleeps, Franz Liszt dreams of love, and things get electric with Steve Reich and Pat Metheny. Plus music by Sibelius, Bach and Parry.

Producer: David Fay

29 minutes

On radio

Thursday 19:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - Suite Op.11 - Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Sibelius Symphonie No.2.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 002.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraume No. 3

    Music Arranger: Henriette Reni茅. Performer: Elizabeth Hainen.
    • Music For Solo Harp.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Hubert Parry

    Never weather beaten sail (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 503.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in G major, Op 40

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Beethoven: Violin concerto/Romances: Mutter/New York Philharmonic/Masur.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 202.
  • John Dowland

    Come, heavy sleep (arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Delphian.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 13 Jun 2023 19:00
  • Thursday 19:00

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