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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Canteloube's Chants D'Auvergne, the Chinese Dance from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, and music for cello and piano by Nadia Boulanger.

Producer: Laura Yogasundram

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: II. Andante

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.
    • Vivaldi, Leclair & Locatelli : Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 ( no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux de lumine

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Tea)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Naxos.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Erato.

  • Thomas Tomkins

    Pavan à 5

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in G major Op.37 no.2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

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  • Wednesday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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