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The perfect classical half hour

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring operatic music by the French composers Alexandre Charles Lecocq and Gabriel Pierné, as well as chamber music by Chopin and Beethoven, plus the trumpet doyen Crispian Steele-Perkins performs Bach.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Alexandre Lecocq

    Suite from ''Mam''zelle Angot'' - Act 2: Adagio

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Quartet No 3 in D major for clarinet and strings, Op 7 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Kari Kriikku. Performer: Sakari Oramo. Performer: Tuula Riisalo. Performer: Lea Pekkala. Ensemble: Avanti! Quartet.
    • Crusell: Complete Clarinet Quartets.
    • Ondine.
    • 12.
  • Trad.

    Thalassa lypisou

    Singer: Katerina Papadopoulou. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1; III. Rondo...

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147, Pt. 1

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Lyricist: Salomon Franck. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach, J.S.: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Cantata BWV 140; Herz und Mund und.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 8.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major Op.32 no.1

    Performer: Maria JoĂŁo Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel PiernĂ©

    Ramuntcho - overture and suite no. 1: Le jardin de Gracieuse [Prelude to Act 2]

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Pierne: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Jun 2024 19:00

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