30 minutes of classical inspiration
Half an hour of back-to-back classical music including works by Gabriel Fauré, Barbara Strozzi, Florence Price and Ruth Gipps.
Wind down at the end of a busy day with half an hour of back-to-back classical music. Today's sequence begins with a beautiful rendition of Agnus Dei from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, followed by Nigel Kennedy playing Méditation from Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs. Some calming solo piano music from Florence Price takes us to Ruth Gipps's Oboe Concerto, masterfully played by oboist Juliana Koch. Yuja Wang and the Boston Symphony Orchestra then follow, with a rich performance of the second movement of Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, before 17th-century Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi closes tonight's sequence with Che si può fare.
Producer: Joe Blamey
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Gabriel Fauré
Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op.48)
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
- Coro.
- 12.
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Jules Massenet
Meditation (Thaïs)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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Florence Price
On a Quiet Lake
Performer: Kirsten Johnson.- Florence Price Piano Music.
- Guild Music.
- 37.
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Ruth Gipps
Oboe Concerto, Op 20 (2nd mvt: Andante)
Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante)
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
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Barbara Strozzi
Che si può fare?
Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: La magnifica comunità . Director: Enrico Casazza.- Sony Music.
Broadcast
- Tue 10 Feb 202619:00BBC Radio 3
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