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Your daily classical soundtrack

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with works by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Madeleine Dring and John Rutter.

Half and hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of the day. Today's sequence includes bluesy strings from Takashi Yoshimatsu, a beautiful orchestral arrangement of a Shakespeare song by Madeleine Dring, ethereal choral music from Imogen Holst, and a touching setting of the story of the journey of the Magi, or Three Wise Men, by John Rutter.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 May 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Imogen Holst

    Shed no tear (Welcome joy and welcome sorrow)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Atom Hearts Club Suite No. 2, Op. 79a: III. Brothers Blues

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegie Op.44

    Performer: Dana Zemtsov. Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Five o'clock Foxtrot

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • LONDON.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33: No. 6 in E flat minor

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • NAXOS.

  • Benjamin Wallfisch

    The Flash "Supergirl"

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London.
    • WaterTower Records.

  • John Rutter

    Carol of the Magi

    Performer: Tim Gill. Performer: John Birch. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Singer: Gabriel Crouch. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Collegium.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 12 Jan 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 18 May 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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