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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including lively pieces from Shostakovich, Bruckner and Brahms plus the Sami folk-song inspired choral work, Rivers of Light, from composer Eriks Esenvalds.

Produced by Calantha Bonnissent

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Feb 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 1 (Jazz Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Itzhak Perlman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Sarabande

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Rivers of Light

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Nocturne in F minor, 'La s茅paration'

    Performer: Christopher Headington.
    • Russian Trinkets, Minitures for the Piano: Christopher Headington.
    • Kingdom.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No 12 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Anton Bruckner

    3 Pieces for orchestra (no.3)

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • Pentatone.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Feb 2023 19:00

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