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Power through with classical music

Half an hour of uninterrupted classical music including well-known works by Faur茅, Liszt and Handel along with music by Amy Beach, Grace Williams, Josef Suk and ending with the Benedictus from Will Todd's Mass in Blue.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly suite (Op.56), no.1; Berceuse (arr. for cello and piano)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.
  • Amy Beach

    Rendezvous for voice, violin and piano, Op 120

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Romantic Chamber Group of London.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Franz Liszt

    Concert Study no.3 in D flat major 'Un sospiro'

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Sony Classical: 88697891402.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Josef Suk

    A Summer's tale [Pohadka leta] (Op.29), 3rd mvt; Intermezzo - Blind players

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Suk: Asrael Symphony: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Will Todd

    Benedictus (Mass in Blue Op.28)

    Singer: Bethany Halliday. Choir: Vasari Singers. Performer: Will Todd. Performer: Jim Fleeman. Performer: Gareth Huw Davies. Performer: Adrain Revell. Performer: Ben Castle. Performer: Mike Smith. Performer: Chris Storr. Performer: Dominic Glover. Performer: Fayyaz Virji. Performer: Patrick Hartley. Performer: Richard Henry. Performer: Matthew Turner. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Will Todd: Mass in Blue: Vasari Singers.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.

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