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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Cimarosa, Joplin, Tchaikovsky, Hildegard of Bingen, Mateo Albeniz, Isaac Albeniz, Philip Glass and Bach.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag dazzlingly played by the Labèque sisters, medieval chant from The Fire of Creation by Hildegard of Bingen, The Hours by Philip Glass and J.S Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. Along the way there's also music by Cimarosa, Tchaikovsky, Mateo Albeniz and Isaac Albeniz.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Apr 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    I matrimoni impensati, Overture: III. Allegro giusto

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Patrick Gallois.
    • Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 303.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Gladrags - Works by Joplin, Mayerl etc.: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'PathΓ©tique'

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Vision 1 "The fire of creation": Et audivi

    Ensemble: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Mateo AlbΓ©niz

    Sonata in D major

    Performer: Susanna Mildonian.
  • Isaac AlbΓ©niz

    Sevilla (Suite EspaΓ±ola)

    Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: JosΓ© Gallardo.
    • Homage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Philip Glass

    The Hours - Something She Has to Do

    Performer: Michael Riesman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Ingman.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Cantata No 147)

    Music Arranger: Guillermo Figueroa. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Apr 2024 19:00

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