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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Clara Schumann, Dmitri Shostakovich and Leonard Bernstein.

Romantic music from Clara Schumann opens your Classical Mixtape, full of theatricality, from Lully's comedy-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, to Bernstein's 'Oh Happy We', adapted from another French literary classic, Candide. The party continues with Handel's birthday gift to Queen Anne and the little known treasure that is Auber's Violin Concerto from a composer mostly famous for his work in French op茅ra-comique. Plus, sing along opportunities with Bach's Prelude and Shostakovich's Jazz Suite, before finishing with musical magic in John Williams's score for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Producer: Julien Rosa

29 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Aug 2023 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in F major, Op 21 No 2

    Performer: Nata拧a Veljkovi膰.
    • GRAMOLA.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Suite 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' (Marche)

    Director: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil/Le Concert Des Nations/Jordi Sava.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 18.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier Bk 1)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Daniel Fran莽ois Esprit Auber

    Violin Concerto in D Major, S.165:III - 3rd movt: Presto

    Performer: Mark茅ta 膶epick谩. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • Auber: Overtures, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide: Act I - 4. Oh, Happy We

    Lyricist: Voltaire. Lyricist: Hugh Wheeler. Lyricist: Lillian Hellman. Lyricist: John Latouche. Lyricist: Dorothy Parker. Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Lyricist: Richard Wilbur. Lyricist: John Wells. Lyricist: Leonard Bernstein. Music Arranger: Leonard Bernstein. Music Arranger: Hershy Kay. Music Arranger: John Mauceri. Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Jerry Hadley. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 9_大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Aug 2023 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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