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Classical music to inspire you

An engaging and eclectic mix of classical music featuring the sweeping soundtrack to the film Howl's Moving Castle, Bjarte Eike and the Barokksolistene playing Purcell, and Nicola Benedetti performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.
  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto for orchestra (Sz.116), 4th mvt; Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice - opera in 3 acts; Act 3 sc.1; Che faro senza Euridice

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Conductor: Stefan Plewniak. Ensemble: Il Giardino d'Amore.
    • ERATO.
  • Herbert Howells

    Cortege, from Pageantry

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Signum.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 May 2024 19:00

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