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Half an hour of back to back classical music including works by Claude Debussy, Anna Clyne, James MacMillan, and a well-known TV theme by John Harle.

Wind down at the end of a busy day with half an hour of back to back classical music, including a lyrical prelude by Rachmaninov, an atmospheric seascape by Anna Clyne, and a haunting theme tune to a popular, long-running TV crime drama series by John Harle. As the Spring equinox nudges us into a new season, there are echoes of winter in music by Vivaldi and Lars-Erik Larsson, French melody from Claude Debussy and a film score by Georges Delerue. Also in the sequence is a profoundly moving choral work by the Scottish composer James MacMillan, written in memory of the victims of the Dunblane massacre 30 years ago this month.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Monday19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D Major Op. 23 No. 4

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Anna Clyne

    Abstractions: III. Seascape

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • John Harle

    Silencium - music for the TV series 'Silent Witness'

    Performer: Alexander Bălănescu. Performer: Paul Clarvis. Singer: Sarah Leonard. Director: John Harle.
    • Sospiro Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.

  • Georges Delerue

    La passante du Sans-Souci

    • Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
    • Erato.
    • 12.

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • James MacMillan

    A Child's Prayer

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Lars‐Erik Larsson

    En vintersaga, Op. 18: IV. Epilogue

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Larsson: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Monday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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