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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Smetana, Vivaldi and Bizet along with lesser know works by Boccherini, Flor Peeters and Augusta HolmĂšs

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including the polka from The Bartered Bride by Smetana, Vivaldi's Gloria followed by Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter and the Danse Boheme from Bizet's Carmen. Things then start to wind down and get mellower with a string quintet by Boccherini, a melancholic trumpet aria by Flor Peeters and Augusta HolmĂšs' depiction of Night and Love!

Producer: Ian Wallington

29 minutes

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Mon 29 Jul 2024 19:00
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Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor PeĆĄek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo from Gloria for soloists, chorus and orchestra (RV.589)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Recomposed: Vivaldi The Four Seasons - Spring mov. 1

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Etienne Gara. Ensemble: Delirium Musicum.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 2 (Danse bohĂšme)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Bizet: Carmen/L'Arelesienne.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet No 11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Cho-Liang Lin. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Sharon Robinson.
    • Schubert/Boccherini: String Quintets.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 6.

  • Flor Peeters

    Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Op.51: II. Aria

    Performer: Giuseppe Galante.
    • Peter Floors: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, Op.51.
    • Giuseppe Galante.
    • 2.

  • Augusta HolmĂšs

    Ludus pro patria: II. La Nuit et l'Amour

    Conductor: Nikolaj Znaider. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Aux Ă©toiles - French Symphonic Poems.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Jul 2024 19:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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