Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
A celebration of romantic love, from the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to a love poem from Latvia. Featuring music by Dvorak, Chopin and Jacques Brel.
'I love you night and day': the opening words of Ēriks Ešenvalds's haunting choral setting of a Latvian love poem provide the inspiration for this specially curated playlist. Featuring music from Gluck's opera about Orpheus's tragic love for Eurydice; a movement from a string quartet composed by Dvořák shortly before his wedding; and a classic Parisian chanson which celebrates the dizzying feeling of being in love.
Producer: Rachel Gill
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orefo ed Euridice (Overture)
Orchestra: Orquestra Titular del Teatro Real. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite no.2 in A minor BWV.807 (Prelude)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach - The English Suites.
- Hyperion.
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Ēriks Ešenvalds
Long Road
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Ešenvalds: Passion & Resurrection & Other Choral Music.
- Hyperion.
- 009.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No 5 in F Minor (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Albion Quartet. -
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaille in G Major, HWV 399
Director: Maurice Steger. Ensemble: La Cetra. -
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Jacques Brel
La valse à mille temps
Singer: Jacques Brel. Conductor: François Rauber. Orchestra: François Rauber et son orchestre.- Philips.
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Frédéric Chopin
Mazurka in C major B. 82 (1833)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Broadcasts
- Tue 16 Jul 2019 19:00BBC Radio 3
- Mon 25 Apr 2022 19:00BBC Radio 3
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