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Discover new depths of focus with Manchester Collective's two-hour mix

Focus your mind with this two-hour mix of classical music, curated by the acclaimed Manchester Collective with selections from Dobrinka Tabakova, Edmund Finnis and Vanessa Wagner.

Join us for our Classical Focus orchestra takeover! Over the next three shows, we will bring you two-hour mixes from three different ensembles to help you unlock new depths of focus. Immerse yourself in some captivating contemporary classical music and go on a journey of focus and clarity, including sounds from Dobrinka Tabakova, Edmund Finnis and Vanessa Wagner.

Produced by Alexa Kruger
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Sounds

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Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Company: I -

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • The Centre Is Everywhere.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Concerto for violoncello and strings II (Longing)

    Conductor: Maxim Rysanov. Ensemble: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • String Paths.
    • ECM Records.

  • Oliver Leith

    A different Fantasie from Suite no.5 in G minor

    Performer: Ruisi Quartet.
    • Big House.
    • Pentatone.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Lullaby (Song for Octave)

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • Study Of The Invisible.
    • 滨苍蹿颈苍茅.

  • Julia Wolfe

    Earring

    Performer: Vanessa Wagner.
    • Study Of The Invisible.
    • 滨苍蹿颈苍茅.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    10 Chorale Preludes, BV B 27: No. 5, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Encounter.
    • Sony.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    • Piano Songs.
    • ECM Records.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Glade

    • Forest Floor.
    • Edition Records.

  • Kit Downes

    Fonias

    Performer: Kit Downes Trio.
    • Quiet Tiger.
    • Basho Records.

  • V铆kingur 脫lafsson

    Reflection

    • Reflections.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Daniel Herskedal

    痴氓办别苍补迟迟

    • Call For Winter.
    • Edition Records.

  • Manchester Collective & Hannah Peel

    Neon 2 - Born of Breathing

    • NEON.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Oliver Coates

    Caregiver

    • Skins N Slime.
    • RVNG INTL..

  • Moondog

    Pastoral II

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Moondog.
    • PentaTone.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10: 9. Chant

    Performer: Camerata Nordica. Performer: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • Britten: Frank Bridge Variations - T酶nnesen.
    • BIS.

  • Edmund Finnis

    The Centre Is Everywhere

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • The Centre Is Everywhere.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Steve Reich

    Double Sextet Slow II

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • NEON.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi, SC 65

    Performer: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Love And Death.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Edmund Finnis

    String Quartet No. 2: I

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Shades.
    • Bedroom Community.

  • Pharoah Sanders, Floating Points & London Symphony Orchestra

    Movements 6

    • Promises.
    • Luaka Bop.

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel

    Ensemble: UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus.
    • Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns?.
    • New Albion.

  • Anna Phoebe

    Sirens

    • Sea Souls.
    • Eat The Peach.

  • Pierre de la Rue

    O salutaris hostia

    Music Arranger: Jan Garbarek. Performer: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium.
    • ECM New Series.

  • David Lang

    Mystery Sonatas 7: Glory

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Mystery Sonatas.
    • Cantaloupe Music.

  • Manchester Collective

    Neon 3 - Vanishing

    • NEON.
    • Bedroom Community.