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Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Brahms, Rossini and Tchaikovsky plus music by Gabrieli, Phyllis Tate and Philip Glass.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including a gypsy violin rendition of Brahms's Hungarian Dance No.5, Joyce DiDonato singing Una voce poco fa from Rossini's The Barber of Seville and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. Blended in with these are a canzone by Gabrieli, Phyllis Tate's Saxophone Concerto and Philip Glass's haunting Metamorphosis No.2 for piano.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5

    Music Arranger: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Roby Lakatos Ensemble.
    • LAKATOS.
    • DG.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzone a tre cori

    Music Arranger: Bruno Maderna. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • ECM.
  • Phyllis Tate

    Alto Saxophone Concerto in B-Flat Major: II. Canzonetta

    Performer: Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo. Orchestra: Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo Orchestra.
    • Lost Saxophone Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Edoardo M眉ller.
    • Colbran, The Muse.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Philip Glass

    Metamorphosis No. 2

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
    • Glass: Piano Works.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 301.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest. Conductor: Marco Boni.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings etc.: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/Boni.
    • Pentatone Classics.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Jul 2024 19:00

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