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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including Beethoven, Haydn, William Grant Still and Yann Tiersen.

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

Tonight's sequence features music from Beethoven's Symphony No 7, Haydn's 'London Trio', William Grant Still's Serenade for Orchestra, and a piece from Yann Tiersen's beautiful score to the film Amélie: 'Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi'.

Producer: Joe Blamey

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Thu 19 Feb 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (2nd mvt, Lento)

    Performer: Gillian Benet Sella. Orchestra: Women's Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • KOCH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7, Op 92 (2nd mvt, Allegretto)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7.
    • Telarc.
    • 6.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko: Song of the Indian Guest (arr for cello and harp)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Contemplation.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 43.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Divertimento for 2 flutes and cello, 'London Trio' No 1 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Jean‐Pierre Rampal. Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Performer: Gilbert Audin.
    • Haydn: London Trios: Rampal, Schulz, Audin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film).
    • UGC Images/ADA France.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Feb 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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