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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from Tchaikovsky, Paul Reade, Marie Awadis and John Williams.

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

Tonight's Classical Mixtape starts with an intimate solo piano piece from Tchaikovsky, inspired by the 'Song of the Lark' in March. Rachmaninov and Marie Awadis also provide beautiful moments of solo piano in this sequence. Vivaldi, Paul Reade and Gabriel Fauré also feature, and John Williams closes the mixtape with 'The Face of Pan' from the 1991 Spielberg film Hook.

Produced by Joe Blamey.

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 9 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    March: The Song of the Lark (The Seasons, Op 37b)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons / Balakirev: Islamey.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor RV.531 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Russo. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi : Double & Triple Concertos, 'Il proteo'.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 8.

  • Paul Reade

    The Victorian Kitchen Garden (Prelude)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G flat major, Op 23 No 10

    Performer: James Rhodes.
    • Bullets & Lullabies; James Rhodes.
    • Warner.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op.50

    Performer: Gareth Morris. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Faure/Durufle: Requiems: Willcocks/Ledger.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Marie Awadis

    Étude No 8 (Through the Window)

    Performer: Marie Awadis.
    • Awadis: Étude No. 8: Through the Window.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    The Face Of Pan (from 'Hook')

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra.
    • John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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