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Wake up your senses with classical music

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Thu 28 May 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major

    Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • Pachelbel/Bach/Handel/Purcell: Taverner Players/Parrott.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Patrick Hawes

    Swan

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hawes.
    • aRTy Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor for flute, violin and harpsichord BWV1044 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andante

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 87 in A Major, Hob.I:87: IV. Finale. Vivace

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 11: Au goût parisien.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: John Lavender.
    • Grainger: Piano Music for Four Hands Vol.1: Thwaites/Lavender.
    • Pavillion.
    • 7.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80: III. Allegro molto - Moderato

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart.
    • Canary Classics.
    • 3.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Lombardini Quartett.
    • Sirmen: 6 String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Tchaikovsky; The Three Piano Concertos, Concert Fantasia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • William Byrd

    O lux beata Trinitas

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • CORO.
    • 10.

  • Henri Büsser

    Appassionato Op.34 for viola and piano

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, R. 176 "Organ": IIb. Maestoso

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor “Organ” - Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G Mi.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Quintet in D major Op.42 (Largo)

    Ensemble: Endymion.
    • ASV.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 "Triqui Traqui"

    Music Arranger: Paul Desenne. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Self release by Gustavo Dudamel.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 34 No 1 (Valse brillante)

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • Chopin: Sonata Op.58; Waltzes; Etudes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: No. 3, Sound the trumpet

    Lyricist: Nahum Tate. Singer: Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian. Singer: Paul Figuier. Orchestra: Le Consort.
    • Begin the Song! A Purcell Academy.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 22.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 May 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3