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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with music easing us into the evening including J.S. Bach, Cecile Chaminade's beautiful song The Silver Ring, and nocturnes by Felix Mendelssohn (from his incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream) and John Field.

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Wed 11 Feb 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Adoro Te Devote

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Adoro Te Devote & Miserere.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.15 in C major

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • John Field: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C minor Kk.11

    Performer: Mie Miki.
    • S'il vous plaît: Mie Miki.
    • Bis.
    • 3.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    L'anneau d'argent

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Clara Schumann & Great Female Composers.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 33.

  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.

  • Margaret Hubicki

    The Lonely Piper (Irish Fantasy)

    Performer: James Kirby.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Feb 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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