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Classical music to inspire you

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

A romp through a favourite violin encore kicks off a sequence of classical music to entertain you. Enjoy singing along to an arrangement of "My Favourite Things", tapping your feet to the spiritual "Elijah Rock", sinking into the ethereal world of Yoshimatsu's "White Landscapes", and giggling along to Malcolm Arnold's comic film score for "The Belles of St Trinians".

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonio Bazzini

    La ronde des lutins Op.25

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: David Garvey.
    • Perlman: Violin Sonatas reDISCOVERED.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 18.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in F major Op.9`3

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Catherine Latham. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Chaconne.
  • Richard Rodgers

    My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
  • Edgar Bainton

    All night under the moon

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • 1914 Song Album.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Moses Hogan

    Elijah Rock

    Choir: Plymouth Music Series Ensemble Singers. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Daybreak

    Performer: Florence Cooke. Performer: Louise Craigie. Performer: Andrew Griffiths. Performer: James Hopkins. Singer: Alexandra Kidgell.
    • Clarke: Choral Music.
    • ASV.
    • 7.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Barrow. Performer: Jonathan Price. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Belles of St Trinian's (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Three little maids (The Mikado)

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Singer: Jean Rigby. Singer: Susan Bullock. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Conductor: Peter Robinson.
    • THAT鈥橲 ENTERTAINMENT.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Aug 2023 19:00

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