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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, reflecting the themes of the Passion story.

Wind down with half an hour of back-to-back classical music with this meditative edition of the Classical Mixtape. Reflecting on the broader themes of Christian Holy Week, the sequence features old and new music inspired by the Passion story, including works by Handel, Haydn, Buxtehude, Knut Nystedt and John Sheppard, alongside reflections on life and death by William Grant Still and Vaughan Williams, and in a touching arrangement of an Icelandic folk song performed by Vikingur 脫lafsson.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Mar 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.
  • Trad.

    Where life and death may dwell

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob.XX.1b: Introduction

    Ensemble: Callino Quartet.
    • Coro.
  • Knut Nystedt

    O Crux

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • William Grant Still

    Grief

    Singer: Lucas Meachem. Performer: Irina Meachem.
    • Rubicon.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: No. 2, Rhosymedre (Orch. Foster)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • 100 Best British Classics.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Mar 2024 19:00

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