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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music from Handel, Germaine Tailleferre, Debussy and Leonard Bernstein.

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

George Frideric Handel's stately Sarabande begins tonight's Classical Mixtape. French orchestral textures come in the shape of Germaine Tailleferre's Concertino for Harp and Orchestra, and Debussy's impressionistic 'Jeux de vagues' from La Mer. Karol Szymanowski and Pēteris Vasks also feature, and Leonard Bernstein's iconic 'Somewhere' from the Symphonic dances of 'West Side Story' closes the sequence.

Produced by Joe Blamey.

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Thu 12 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande (Keyboard Suite No 4 in D Minor)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Alexander Briger.
    • 50 Best Handel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    9 Preludes Op.1 (no.1 in B minor)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Naxos.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Jos van Immersel.
    • Claude Achille Debussy.
    • Zigzag.
    • 003.

  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruits Of Silence

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Lyricist: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Winter.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Somewhere)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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