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Half an hour of back-to-back classical music including works by Britten, Locke, Poulenc and Mel Bonis.

Producer: Helen Garrison

26 days left to listen

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Rachel Portman

    The Pier (Never Let Me Go)

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Never Let Me Go (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Je n'aime pas le violon, mais ça j'aime bien !.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Improvisation on Sarabande (Suite no. 4)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Baroque.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sonnet (Serenade Op.31)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    In paradisum (Requiem)

    Performer: Harrison Cole. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Duruflé: Requiem; Poulenc: Lenten Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Matthew Locke

    Suite - [The] Little consort no.2 in C major H.132.2

    Performer: Sergio Bucheli. Performer: Silas Wollston. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Matthew Locke - The Little Suites.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Karel Ančerl. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Supraphon.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (2nd mvt; Cantilena)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.

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  • Thursday19:00

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