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Power through with classical music

Half an hour of back to back classical music including works by Bach, Percy Grainger, Rachmaninov, Rebecca Dale, and Michel Legrand.

30 minutes of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. The sap is rising during today's sequence, with a Bach Siciliano, and romances from Khachaturian and Rachmaninov, along with serenades from Mozart's Don Giovanni, and a pair of birds from Purcell's Fairy Queen. Some cinematic lushness perfumes the warming air with Michel Legrand's "Paris violon", whilst Mel Bonis entices us into the forest for an evening stroll. Looking up from earthly pleasures, Rebecca Dale reveals a glimpse of heaven with her ethereal setting of Salve Regina, whilst Percy Grainger's ravishing arrangement of "The Three Ravens" tells the grisly story of a heroic dead knight, who's body is rescued by a deer.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Last on

Wed 4 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Phillip Moll. Performer: Sarah Cunningham.
    • J.S. Bach Flute Sonatas James Galway Phillip Moll Sarah Cunningham.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 20.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Three Ravens

    Singer: Colin Campbell. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The music of Percy Grainger: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 12.

  • Michel Legrand

    Paris Violon

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Greg Lawson. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Omaggio a Debussy (Nuevos estudios sencillos)

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Leo Brouwer, Guitar Music Volume 4.
    • NAXOS.
    • 10.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Salve Regina

    Singer: Rosanna Wicks. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite: IV. Romance

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance in F minor

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    A Bird's Prelude (The Fairy Queen)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Mel Bonis

    Nocturne (Scènes de la Foret)

    Performer: Tatjana Ruhland. Performer: Florian Wiek. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart.
    • Hanssler.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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