Classical music for your journey

Available for 29 days

30 minutes of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Longing and yearning are a recurring theme in today's mix, opening in amongst the stars with Ēriks Ešenvalds' shimmering choral depiction, followed by one of the most beautiful of Rachmaninov's piano preludes. The Norwegian composer Pauline Hall is inspired in her orchestral writing by the poetry of Verlaine, and Reynaldo Hahn's seductive Venetian love song conjures up scenes of gondolas and lapping water along the Grand Canal. There is more yearning emotion in a harp miniature by Grace Williams, and the sad but exquisite setting of the Requiem by Herbert Howells, with a little light relief provide by a comedic clog dance. Producer: Helen Garrison To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Radio 3'.