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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Orchestrator: André Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 2 in D minor for violin solo, BWV 1004 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 31 in A flat major, H XVI 46, 'Divertimento' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini?

    Choir: The Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • Guerrero: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus, Magnificat & Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale Op.151

    Ensemble: Blásarakvintett Reykjavíkur.
    • Barber: Summer Music - Beach: Pastorale and Other American Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite: Pieds-en-l'air

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Marx

    Venetian Lullaby

    Singer: Katarina Karnéus. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Song Recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 24.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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