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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with pieces by Richard Strauss, John Dowland and Mozart.

The mix starts in seventeenth-century Venice with the spectacular opening to Monteverdi's Vespers, followed by Michael Nyman's modern take on the Catalogue Aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Some real Mozart is next, then we hear Scottish composer's Erland Cooper evocation of the landscapes of Orkney. The mix ends with Jessye Norman's glorious performance of the last of Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs.

Producer: Roger Short

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Feb 2024 19:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine (Invitatorium: Versiculum et responsorium)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Michael Nyman

    In re Don Giovanni

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • Michael Nyman: Live.
    • Venture.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40 - Oboe Concerto.
    • ´¡±è²¹°ù³Ùé.
    • 4.

  • Erland Cooper

    Folded Landscapes - Movement 2

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Narrator: Simon Armitage. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Folded Landscapes.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae antiquae

    Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Saydisc.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.
    • 04.

Broadcast

  • Tue 20 Feb 2024 19:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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