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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Pēteris Vasks, Louise Farrenc, and Prokofiev.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Prokofiev’s portrayal of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, chamber music by Louise Farrenc originally premiered at the Salle Érard in Paris by among others the famous violinist Joseph Joachim, plus an arrangement of Pēteris Vasks’ setting of text by Mother Teresa reworked for accordion.

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Music Played

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2; Dance of the Girls with Lillies

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Abbado: Dvořák – Kurtág.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 64.

  • César Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major M.8 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday21:15
    BBC Radio 3

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