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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring works by John Rutter, Dora PejačeviΔ‡ and Maurice Ravel.

This 30-minute soundscape of classical music starts with Catrin Finch's lilting harp in a Rondeau by John Rutter, with echoes of Ravel's String Quartet. Arvo PΓ€rt sets the final line of the earliest Marian hymn, and Bernard Herrmann evokes the blustery moors in his Wuthering Heights Suite. Plus, a classic recording of Alfred Brendel playing Schubert.

Producer: Rachel Gill

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Feb 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (6th mvt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Debussy & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.
  • Ignace Joseph Pleyel

    Flute Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Warner.
  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Most Holy Mother of God

    Choir: Vox Clamantis. Director: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Dora PejačeviΔ‡

    Canzonetta in D major Op.8

    Performer: Andrej Bielow. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Suite from "Wuthering Heights" - Act 1 Nocturne

    Music Arranger: Hans Emil SΓΈrensen. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights, Echoes for Strings.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D 899 No 2

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Feb 2024 19:00

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