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The perfect classical half hour

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

In this evening's relaxing Classical Mixtape, we start with an Andante for clarinet and orchestra by the 19th century English composer, Alice Mary Smith.

This is followed by an arrangement of Dvorak's Songs my mother taught me for cello and piano and a Passacaglia by Silvius Leopold Weiss.
Afterwards comes a string quartet by Felix Mendelssohn and a song by Richard Strauss, Morgen "Tomorrow".

Brahms's beautiful Wiegenlied "Lullaby" is next, and we finish with Peteris Vasks’ The Fruit of Silence arranged for accordion, vibraphone and string orchestra by George Morton.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

Kevin Satizabal Carrascal
Assistant Producer, BBC Audio, Radio 3 Production.
Zone E, 7th floor, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

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Thu 26 Feb 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Lasst mich allein Op.82 / Songs my mother taught Op.55 no.4

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Decca.

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Passacaglia

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Passacaglia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 3 in D major, Op 44 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Cecilia String Quartet.
    • Analekta.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27 No 4 (transcribed for choir)

    Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • R. Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 4, Morgen! (Transcr. Gottwald for Choir).
    • Carus.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Music Arranger: George Morton. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Feb 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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