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Back to back classical music for half an hour, including soothing favourites by Ravel, Britten, John Ireland and Faur茅, sitting alongside some lesser known gems by John Harle and Khachaturian.

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Sep 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • William Corbett

    Sonata No 5 for trumpet and ensemble, Op 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Wallace. Performer: Michael Bochmann. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Singer: Edward Barham. Choir: Leeds Festival Chorus. Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • Rule Britanna.
    • Nimbus.
    • 20.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • NAXOS.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Variation of Aegina and Bacchanal (Spartacus Suite No 1)

    Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Khachaturian/Ravel: Orchestral Suites: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Term.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du Jour (Daphnis et Chloe)

    Choir: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo茅.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 301.
  • John Harle

    The Three Ravens

    Performer: Simon Haram. Ensemble: Libera. Conductor: Robert Prizeman.
    • The John Harle Collection; Vol. 16 Lost in Time.
    • Sospiro Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 11.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op.48)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Sep 2023 19:00

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