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A Moment of Calm

For two hours Jamie explores classical music that lets us escape into a world of our own.

For two hours Jamie explores classical music that lets us escape into a world of our own, with specially chosen longer sequences of music to encourage us to just stop and listen for a while. Amongst the well-known classics like Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending or Debussy’s Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, there are gems by Tomas Ades, music for strings by Florence Price and Rebecca Dale’s ‘Requiem For My Mother’.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 15 Aug 202119:00
BBC Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang 3 (Ave Maria), D 839

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.

  • Thomas Adès

    O Albion (Arcadiana)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum

    Ensemble: Sequentia.

  • Florence Price

    Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the bringer of peace (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Steinberg.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 6 No 8 (Siciliana)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Kyrie (Materna Requiem)

    Singer: Louise Alder. Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.

  • Max Richter

    Sleep

    Performer: Max Richter. Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thea King. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.

  • Nico Muhly

    Quiet Music

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major, Op 32 No 1

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Symphony No 3, 'Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Author: Wilhelm Szewczyk. Author: Jerzy Andrzej Lisowski. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht, Op 39 No 5

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Author: Joseph Eichendorff. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Martin Roscoe.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Mar 202121:00
    BBC Radio Scotland
  • Sun 15 Aug 202119:00
    BBC Radio Scotland