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Your daily classical soundtrack

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with works by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Madeleine Dring and John Rutter.

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of the day. Today's sequence includes bluesy strings from Takashi Yoshimatsu, a beautiful orchestral arrangement of a Shakespeare song by Madeleine Dring, ethereal choral music from Imogen Holst, and a touching carol for Epiphany by John Rutter.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jan 2024 19:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 18.

  • Imogen Holst

    Shed no tear (Welcome joy and welcome sorrow)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Gavotte)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 25.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Atom Hearts Club Suite No. 2, Op. 79a: III. Brothers Blues

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 5, Atom Hearts Club Suite No. 2 & Prelude to the Ce.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegie Op.44

    Performer: Dana Zemtsov. Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Five o'clock Foxtrot

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • LONDON.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 6 in E flat minor

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & 脡tudes-tableaux, Op. 33.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.

  • Benjamin Wallfisch

    The Flash "Supergirl"

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • The Flash (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Records.

  • John Rutter

    Carol of the Magi

    Performer: Tim Gill. Performer: John Birch. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Singer: Gabriel Crouch. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • John Rutter: A Song in Season. Cambridge Singers/RPO.
    • Collegium.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Jan 2024 19:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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