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Essential Classics for the weekend

An hour of carefree classical music to wind down at the weekend. Escape with beautiful tracks by Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. MM.

1 hour, 1 minute

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Sat 28 Oct 2023 02:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Serenade for Strings)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15'2

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Martha Argerich.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Performer: Christine Messiter. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto in A major Op.5'2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl.

  • James M. Stephenson

    Colors (Green)

    Performer: John Bruce Yeh. Performer: Alex Klein. Ensemble: Chicago Pro Musica.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde D.797 (Ballet in G major)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.

  • Aaron Copland

    Simple Gifts (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Sauvages

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major, K.417 III. Rondo. Più allegro

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Impromptu

    Performer: Biliana Tzinlikova.

  • William Walton

    Popular Song (Façade)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christoph Denoth. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Oct 2023 02:00
    BBC Radio 3