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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from Ravel, Liszt, Rimsky-Korsakov and Cecilia McDowall.

Switch off from the busy day with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

This evening's Classical Mixtape begins with The Tale of the Kalendar Prince from Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Ravel and Liszt provide some dreamy piano, and Cecilia McDowall's transcendent 'Standing as I do before God' is sung beautifully by Tenebrae. The Grimethorpe Colliery Band give a brassy rendition of Dvorak's Largo from the 'New World Symphony', and we finish with The Flower Garden, from Joe Hisaishi's score for the Studio Ghibli animated film 'Howl's Moving Castle'.

Produced by Joe Blamey

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Last on

Fri 27 Feb 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Story of the Kalendar Prince (Sheherazade)

    Performer: Maria Larionoff. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Standing as I do before God

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short. Singer: Emma Walshe.
    • Standing as I do before God.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Martin Ellerby. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass.
    • RCA/Sony Masterworks.
    • 11.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No 3 in D flat major

    Performer: Grace Francis.
    • QUARTZ.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    The Flower Garden (from 'Howl's Moving Castle')

    Performer: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Howl's Moving Castle Soundtrack.
    • STUDIO GHIBLI RECORDS.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Feb 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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