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Power through with classical music

30 minutes of classical favourites including music by Khachaturian, Bach, Nigel Hess and Rebecca Dale.

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's mix starts with a whirling mazurka from Aram Khachaturian, and includes a cheeky fanfare from Ravel, Ian Bostridge singing Schubert, a passionate string quartet by Smetana, and an luminous setting of Salve Regina by Rebecca Dale.

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

Last on

Thu 8 Aug 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Mazurka (Masquerade Suite)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • BMG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - chorus (Cantata No 140)

    Music Arranger: Amos Miller. Ensemble: Empire Brass.
    • A Bach Festival.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite no.1 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Fanfare (L'茅ventail de Jeanne)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Die Orchesterwerke.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Seligkeit, D 433

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 21.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor "From My Life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato

    Ensemble: Quartetto Energie Nove.
    • Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Dynamic.
    • 101.
  • Nigel Hess

    Much Ado About Nothing (Dance)

    Ensemble: English Serenata.
    • Sweet Swan of Avon: Music for Shakespeare.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 28.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.

Broadcast

  • Thu 8 Aug 2024 19:00

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