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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Grieg, Mozart, Barber, Biber, Capers, Reade and Anderson.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Anitra's Dance from Grieg's Peer Gynt and the slow movement from Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto played by Isaac Stern. Also in the mix are Leroy Anderson's Belle of the Ball Waltz, a duo for violin and viola by Mozart and a jazzy piano piece by Valerie Capers. These are complemented by Paul Reade's Exotica for clarinet and harp and Biber's Agnus Dei.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 Sep 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Leroy Anderson

    Belle of the ball

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Duo in G major for violin and viola, K 423 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Jane Rogers.
    • Mozart & M Haydn: Duo Sonatas.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Valerie Capers

    Portraits in Jazz - Blue-Bird

    Performer: Maria Corley.
    • SOULSCAPES: PIANO MUSIC BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN.
    • Albany.
    • 12.
  • Paul Reade

    Exotica (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 4.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Agnus Dei - Communio (Requiem in F minor)

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Orchestra: Freiburger BarockConsort. Director: Lionel Meunier.
    • Alpha.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause: Berns.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Sep 2024 19:00

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