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Classical music for focus or relaxation

An eclectic mix of classical favourites including Camille Saint-Saens' depiction of the Aquarium, a Piazzolla tango, a Sea Interlude from Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes as well as some keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

26 days left to listen

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    Psalm 24

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Performer: Gina Alice Redlinger. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du Tango: Caf茅 1930

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • ALPHA.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Frans Br眉ggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Philips.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV.894 (Prelude)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (no.4)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

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  • Thursday 19:00

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