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Expand your horizons with classical music
Half an hour of back-to-back classical music including works by Britten, Locke, Poulenc and Mel Bonis.
Producer: Helen Garrison
Last on
Thursday19:00
BBC Radio 3
Music Played
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Rachel Portman
The Pier (Never Let Me Go)
Performer: Rachel Portman.- Never Let Me Go (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
- 1.
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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.
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George Frideric Handel
Improvisation on Sarabande (Suite no. 4)
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- Baroque.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Benjamin Britten
Sonnet (Serenade Op.31)
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- CHANDOS.
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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.
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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.
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Bohuslav Martinů
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Karel Ančerl. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- Supraphon.
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Francis Poulenc
Flute Sonata (2nd mvt; Cantilena)
Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.- Vocalise.
- OPUS ARTE.
Broadcast
- Thursday19:00BBC Radio 3
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