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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Debussy, Schumann and Elfrida Andree, peppered with festive favourites by Leopold Mozart and Irving Berlin.

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Music Played

  • Leopold Mozart

    A musical sleigh ride

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Sonate en trio (Interlude)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Debussy: Les Chansons de Bilitis etc: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne (Soirees Musicales, Op 6 No 2)

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The bright day is done.
    • Claves Records.
    • 11.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Peterborough String Orchestra.
    • 5 Italian Oboe Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Elfrida AndrΓ©e

    String Quartet in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Alma redemptoris mater

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Last Wednesday 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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