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Power through with classical music

An eclectic half-hour mix of music, with Haydn and Beethoven rubbing shoulders with Scottish and Scandinavian folk tunes.

Half an hour of continuous music featuring a wide variety of musical styles and moods: from choral Haydn to symphonic Borodin via Scandinavian and Scottish folk tunes cast in completely contrasting sound worlds. Plus chamber music by Beethoven and Susan Spain-Dunk and pianist Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov.

Producer: David Fay

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Apr 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) Hob XXII:11 - Kyrie

    Singer: Rachel Nicholls. Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Haydn - Paukenmesse & Nelson Mass.
    • RPO.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    3rd mvt from Violin Sonata in D major Op 12 No 1

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 5 & 8.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Du Ar Den Forsta

    Performer: Anna Maria Friman. Performer: Arve Henriksen. Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.
    • Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen.
    • ECM.
    • 13.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Suite in B Minor for String Orchestra: II. Interlude

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 202.
  • Trad.

    Johney Cock thy Beaver

    Ensemble: Concerto Scirocco. Director: Giulia Genini.
    • Arcana.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G flat major, Op 23 No 10

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 16.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 19:00

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