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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Beethoven's Pathétique Piano Sonata and the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Beethoven's Pathétique Piano Sonata and the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony. There's also two different operatic incarnations of the Orpheus legend: the Toccata from Monteverdi's L'Orfeo and Eurydice's Couplet from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld sung by the soprano June Bronhill. We also enjoy a Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret by Valerie Coleman, Purcell's Curtain Music from Timon of Athens and Ibert's Morning on the Water for harp.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

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Thu 11 Jul 2024 19:00
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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo: Toccata

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Eurydice Couplet

    Singer: June Bronhill. Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Faris.
    • Orpehus in the Underworld.
    • HMV.
    • 2.

  • Valerie Coleman

    Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)

    Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.
    • Cedille.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: François Lazarevitch.
    • Alpha.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)

    Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.
    • La Harpe Consolatrice.
    • Hortus.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5: (5th mvt. Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Gielen.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Jul 2024 19:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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