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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Satie, Holst, and Julie Cooper

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. We start this mixtape 'At the Castle Gate' with Sibelius, and waltz through with Erik Satie. Biber expresses the anguish of the Crucifixion in his 'Rosary Sonata No 10', Tarik O'Regan gives thanks in 'Gratias Tibi', and Julie Cooper is 'Dancing on Air'. Milhaud pays homage to Jean-Baptiste Lully, Holst writes for wind instruments, and Steven Osborne plays classic Beethoven.

Produced by Rachel Gill.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Mar 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op 46)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite - Pelléas & Mélisande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 210.
  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • ERATO.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Rosary Sonata no.1 in D minor 'The Annunciation'

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Jonathan Manson. Performer: David Miller. Performer: Marcin ÅšwiÄ…tkiewicz.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hexagon Ensemble.
    • The British Connection.
    • Etcetera.
    • 005.
  • Tarik O’Regan

    Gratias tibi

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.
    • Tarik O'Regan - Voices.
    • Collegium Records.
    • 10.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.
  • Julie Cooper

    Dancing on Air

    • Symphonic Skies.
    • Audio Network.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Hommage de Lully et des violons du roy (L'apothéose de Molière)

    Performer: Jack Gibbons. Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Carnaval D'Aix - Carnaval De Londres etc New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Mar 2024 19:00

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