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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including pieces by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Britten.

After a ballet overture from W. A. Mozart's Les Petits Riens, we listen to 'June', part of Fanny Mendelssohn's The Year, and to a musical tableau from Reynaldo Hahn's operetta Ô mon bel inconnu. Follows a song by Benjamin Britten, 'Tell Me the Truth About Love' (from 4 Cabaret Songs), and one of Franz Lizst's studies inspired by Paganini. After an arranged version for double bass and chamber orchestra of 'Vedrò con mio diletto', from Antonio Vivaldi's 1724 opera Giustino, we end the mixtape with French music from the late 19th century: 'Volière' (Aviary) from Camille Saint-Saëns's The Carnival of Animals, and the 'March of the Princesses' from Jules Massenet's suite Cendrillon.

Producer: Julien Rosa

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Feb 2023 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Les petits riens (Overture)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart Complete Edition Box 17 - Theatre and Ballet Music, Rarities & Surprises.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    June, from Das Jahr

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Klavierwerke vol.1.
    • CPO.
    • 6.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Ô mon bel inconnu, Acte II, Premier tableau: I. Entracte

    Orchestra: Avignon-Provence National Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Ô mon bel inconnu.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.

  • Benjamin Britten

    O tell me the truth about love; Funeral Blues (Cabaret Songs)

    Music Arranger: Daryl Runswick. Singer: Frances Bourne. Ensemble: Matrix Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • SONY.

  • Franz Liszt

    Grandes Etudes de Paganini (no.4)

    Performer: Cécile Ousset.
    • Lizst: Piano Sonata / Paganini Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 005.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Vedrò con mio diletto (Giustino RV.717)

    Music Arranger: Marijn van Prooijen. Performer: Rick Stotijn. Ensemble: Camerata RCO.
    • Doppio espressivo.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Philips.

  • Jules Massenet

    March of the Princesses (Cendrillon Suite)

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

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Feb 2023 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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