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Power through with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

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Fri 16 Jan 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Preludes for Piano: I. La colombe

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Messiaen: La colombe (from Preludes for Piano).
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Andante in E major, Op 81 No 1 (4 Pieces for string quartet)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 109.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 393, 'Dresden' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Convivium.
    • Handel, Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin: Convivium.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    10 Mazurkas Op.3 (no.2 in F sharp minor)

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Scriabin: The Complete Mazurkas: Artur Pizarro.
    • Collins Digital.
    • 2.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stephan Siegenthaler. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • British Clarinet Quintets.
    • CPO.
    • 6.

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  • Fri 16 Jan 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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