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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including pieces by Elgar, Shostakovich, Bach, Glazunov, Handel, Joanna Marsh and Grieg.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including Salut d'amour on the cello by Elgar, Shostakovich's Gadfly arranged for viola, also another arrangement, this time for the piano of one of Bach's partitas for violin solo; Glazunov's scherzo from his Symphony No. 1; a pensive allemande from one of Handel's suites, 'Morning mood' from Grieg's incidental music for Peer Gynt, and Joanna Marsh's I take Thee, a choral piece with Gesualdo Six.
Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

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Yesterday 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • RCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Prelude

    Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Angelika Nebel.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5, "Slavyanskaya": II. Scherzo. Allegro

    Conductor: Alexander Anisimov. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Joanna Marsh

    I take thee

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Allemande)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Pentatone.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt, Op.23)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 11 Sep 2023 19:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Yesterday 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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