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Lighten the load with a classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Mozart, Caroline Shaw, Florence Price, Vaughan Williams and Villa-Lobos.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves, Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow arranged for string ensemble, a brass version of Mozart's Adagio in F Major, Villa-Lobos's Bachiana Brasileira No.5 for guitar and flute, and a solo piano piece by Florence Price.

Producer: Eleonora Claps

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 4 Sep 202621:20
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello sonata in D major, Op 17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • William Byrd

    Miserere mihi Domine

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.

  • Florence Price

    Untitled Sketch No. 1

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • Lorelt.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W389: I. Ária

    Performer: Christian Mattick. Performer: Thomas Etschmann.
    • Genuin.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • BIS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in F Major, K. 580a

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor, op 3 no 2

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 6 Jan 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 4 Sep 202621:20
    BBC Radio 3

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