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A dreamy half hour of relaxing classical music to help you wind down, including works by Elgar, Holst, Ravel and Nainita Desai.

Half and hour of back to back classical music into which you can sink and relax. Today's mix includes a sequence of dreamy sonorities by Holst, Grieg, Ravel and Elgar, alongside a lyrical symphonic poem about Africa by William Grant Still, and a transcendent choral work by Nainita Desai, sung with shimmering purity by Voces8.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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Sun 9 Feb 2025 17:30
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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26'3)

    Music Arranger: Julian Lloyd Webber. Music Arranger: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • NAXOS.

  • William Grant Still

    Land of romance (Africa)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales (No 2)

    Performer: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 (keyboard version)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op 43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar : Orchestral Works.
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

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