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Classical music to inspire you

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music with Bach, Chopin, Farrenc, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Rachmaninov.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi

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30 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 May 2025 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major, BWV1042 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Étude in E major, Op 10 No 3

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Flute Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 45 (Transcr. for Violin, Cello & Piano): II. An

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It’s a Girl!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 102.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Ave Maria (Bogoroditse Djevo) from Vespers, Op 37

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 May 2025 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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