The eclectic classical mix
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including works by Amy Beach, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Malcolm Arnold, and Adolphus Hailstork amongst others.
Take time out with a 30-minute classical soundscape including one of Debussy's Preludes for piano, a string quartet by Haydn, Adolphus Hailstork's Kum ba yah from his 3 Spirituals for orchestra, Ola Gjeilo's Still for voices and harp, the Siciliano from Malcolm Arnold's Little Suite for brass band, and Amy Beach's Berceuse arranged for clarinet and orchestra- amongst others.
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Amy Beach
Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)
Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- DG.
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Claude Debussy
La fille aux cheveux du lin
Performer: Daniel Ciobanu.- Accentus Music.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 (3rd mvt, Adagio)
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
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Ola Gjeilo
Still
Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Eleanor Turner.- Infinity.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 10.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae antiquae novae
Ensemble: Fretwork.- Music For Viols.
- VIRGIN VIRGO.
- 5.
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Adolphus Hailstork
Kum ba yah (3 Spirituals)
Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Naxos.
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Malcolm Arnold
Little Suite for Brass Band No 1 (Siciliano)
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.- Arnold on brass: Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Howarth/Arnold.
- Conifer.
- 18.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Chôro no.1
Performer: Carlos Bonell.- The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
- Upbeat Classics.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Thu 19 Mar 202619:00BBC Radio 3
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