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Classical music for focus and inspiration

Take time out with a 30 minute soundscape of classical music, including Johann Strauss arranged for piano, Bryn Terfel with Kurt Weill, a pentatonic mass and a Macedonian dance.

Half an hour of back-to-back classical music to help you wind down at the end of the day, including Johann Strauss arranged for piano with virtuosa Yuja Wang; Bryn Terfel with Kurt Weill's three-penny opera; Shostakovich's Festive Overture; a pentatonic mass and a Macedonian dance.

Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Feb 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Signum.
  • Kurt Weill

    The Ballad of Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
  • Trad.

    Trad Macedonian (arranged by the band)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Ensemble: Kroke.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon primi toni 脿 8

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • Anon.

    Ave Maria (pentatonica)

    Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Performer: Ichiro Seki. Performer: Yukio Tanaka. Performer: Masako Hirao. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 168 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 29 Oct 2020 19:00
  • Thu 1 Feb 2024 19:00

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