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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Handel, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky side by side with Carwithen, Bologne and Mealor.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, the gavotte from Stravinsky's Pulcinella and the Rose Adagio from Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. Also in the mix is a spiky piano sonatina by Doreen Carwithen, an elegant string quartet by Joseph Bologne and Paul Maelor's beautiful setting of Lord Byron's 'She Walks In Beauty'.

Producer: Ian Wallington

29 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Sep 2024 19:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 5.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Sonatina (III. Allegro molto)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Neglected Works For Piano.
    • db Productions.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concertante Quartet No 5 in G major (2nd mvmt, Gratioso)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.

  • Paul Mealor

    She walks in beauty

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Paul Mealor: A Tender Light: Tenebrae/RPO/Short.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Gavotta con due variazioni (Pulcinella Suite)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky Apollon Musagete and Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 18.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Sep 2024 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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