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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Delibes, Anna Meredith, Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor, and Nino Rota amongst others.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including the Flower Duet from Delibes' Lakmé arranged for brass band, a Sarabanda for harp by Nino Rota, Anna Meredith's Blackfriars for string quartet, Korngold's Rose Garden from his soundtrack for The Sea Hawk, and a piece for choir by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Producer: Eleonora Claps

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Fri 13 Mar 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk: Rose Garden (Complete Score Restored by J. Morgan)

    Composer: John Morgan. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
    • My Playlist for Gardening.
    • Naxos.
    • 1101.

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet (Lakmé)

    Music Arranger: Philip Sparke. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass: Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band.
    • RCA.
    • 12.

  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Performer: Anna Meredith. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 9.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello sonata No 7 in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate. Performer: Fred Thomas.
    • single.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Nino Rota

    Sarabanda e toccata (Sarabanda)

    Performer: Elisa Netzer.
    • Toccata.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Crisantemo (Chrysanthemum)

    Performer: Cristiana Pegoraro.
    • Lecuona: Piano Works, Vol. 2.
    • Dynamic.
    • 4.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String serenade in E major Op.22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Supraphon.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Mar 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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