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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from Sibelius, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Williams, and more.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Tonight's mixtape features the balletic 'Sonnet d'amour' from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, as well as rich orchestral pieces from Aaron Copland and Sergey Rachmaninov. John Williams' atmospheric score to the film 'Memoirs of a Geisha' also features, with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman the featured soloists. Dreamy piano bookends this mixtape, with music from French composer Maurice Ravel and a beautiful Impromptu from Jean Sibelius.

Producer: Joe Blamey

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Thu 5 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Impromptu No 5 in B minor (from 6 Impromptus for piano, Op 5)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andnes.
    • Sony.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op.77 (3rd mvt, Un sonnet d'amour)

    Orchestra: Chineke!. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Decca.
    • 00028948533206.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA67501/2.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring (1st mvt, Very Slowly)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.
    • 25646327911.

  • John Williams

    Sayuri's Theme (from 'Memoirs of a Geisha')

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.
    • G010002004211O.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Mass in D (4th mvt, Sanctus)

    Performer: Susanna Hurrell. Performer: Ben Johnson. Performer: Duncan Rock. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
    • 909937.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l’ocean (Miroirs)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
    • 082564602681.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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