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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring chamber works by Walter Rabl and Jean-Baptiste Singelee, as well as the iconic voice of Anthony Rolfe-Johnson in Reynaldo Hahn's musical tribute to Venetian gondola, plus choral ensemble Gesualdo Six perform Eleanor Daley’s contemplative requiem.

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Music Played

  • Walter Rabl

    Clarinet Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Performer: Geneviève Laurenceau. Performer: László Fenyő. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Rabl: Chamber Music.
    • CPO.
    • 101.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in F major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo - mov. 3

    Performer: Thomas Triesschijn. Ensemble: The Counterpoints.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Una Limosna por el amor de Dios

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos Karadaglic: Latino.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 20.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 for piano: no.1 in B flat minor

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia: 2. La barcheta

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Piètro Buratti. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Helios.
    • 14.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Requiem (In Remembrance)

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • HYPERION.
    • 11.
  • Jean-Baptiste Singelée

    Grand Quatour Concertant, Op.79

    Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • FLUX.
    • Chandos.
    • 001.

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