The perfect classical half hour
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.
Wind down with 30 minutes of uninterrupted music beginning with a Will-o'-the-wisp by Liszt and a musette based on music by Satie. While pianist Stephen Hough brings some glitz via a Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto, Yo Yo Ma and friends calm things down with their take on a Bach chorale prelude. The programme ends with the sublime Ave Maria by Schubert and the joyful finale of Dvorak's American Quartet.
Producer: Marie Claire Doris
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutshe Grammophon.
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Stephan Koncz
A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]
Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.- The Golden Age.
- DECCA.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.- Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's Bach Trios.
- Nonesuch.
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Franz Schubert
Ellens Gesang 3 (Ave Maria), D 839
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan. -
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet in F major, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
Broadcasts
- Fri 30 Jun 2023 19:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
- Fri 28 Feb 2025 19:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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