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Classical music to inspire you

Sit back and relax to half an hour of classical music by composers such as J.S. Bach, Joby Talbot, Ennio Morricone, William Grant Still and Felix Mendelssohn.

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Clemens Röger. Performer: Jochen Pleß. Performer: Henrik Wahlgren. Performer: Susanne Wettermann. Performer: Sebastian Breuninger. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non più andrai arr Mills (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Music Arranger: Frederic Mills. Ensemble: Canadian Brass. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Best of The Canadian Brass.
    • CBS.
    • 5.
  • William Grant Still

    Prelude for flute, string quintet and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • KOCH.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Kinderstück No 6 in F major, Op 72

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 30.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance in F minor

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Decca.
  • Gustav Holst

    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26: No. 2. Hymn to the Waters

    Performer: Grace Cloutier. Choir: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Derek Greten-Harrison.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 102.
  • Ennio Morricone

    For A Few Dollars More

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • Morricone 60.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 20.
  • John Lennon

    Come Together

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Fiction.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Chanson d'Amour (2 Songs Op.27)

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 4.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.
  • Joby Talbot

    Chroma - Transit of Venus

    Conductor: Christopher Austin. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Wayne McGregor: Collaboration.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Oct 2024 19:00

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