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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of a busy day. Sit back and imagine being whisked away by a whirling waltz from Gustav Holst, then being calmed by a Rachmaninov prelude, and serenaded by the clear voice of Emma Kirkby singing a lute song by Robert Jones. The theme from the film "Ladies in Lavender" continues the lyrical mood, but not for too long, as Kodaly peps things up with his joyous music from the Hary Janos suite. After that, allow the luminous sound of Voces8 wash over you with the ravishing choral writing of Rebecca Dale, along with the 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic playing "Windmills of your mind".

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 3 Jul 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Suite de ballet in E flat major, Op 10 (Valse)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: The Wandering Scholar etc. Northern Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in E flat major, Op.23 no.6

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Robert Jones

    When will the fountain

    Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • Robert Jones: The Muses Gardin - Lute songs: Kirkby/Rooley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    March (Judas Maccabeus)

    Music Arranger: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 18.
  • Nigel Hess

    Ladies in Lavender

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • 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.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: H氓kon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Decca.
  • 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

  • Wed 3 Jul 2024 19:00

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