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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including an autumnal 'sigh' by Ravel and a Festival Scherzo by Madeleine Dring.

Producer: Laura Yogasundram

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29 minutes

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Thu 17 Oct 2024 19:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Soupir (3 Poems of Stephane Mallarme)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Ensemble: Unnamed ensemble.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.

  • William Byrd

    Voluntary for my Lady Nevell

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • c.1300-c.2000.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    There Is Sweet Music (4 Choral songs Op.53)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music Of The Spheres: Part Songs Of The British Isles.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 9.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
    • BIS.
    • 402.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis‐Philippe Marsolais. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Mathieu Lussier.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos & Bassoon Concerto.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D 899 No 2

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 90 & 142; Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Oct 2024 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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