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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music by Buxtehude, Tate, Bach, and Tchaikosvky.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, from Brahms' emotive Intermezzo in B flat major, to Phyllis Tate's playful concerto for alto saxophone and string orchestra. Allow Bach to bring you back down to earth with his lively sixth Brandenburg concerto, ending today's mixtape with the finale to Tchaikovsky's Polish Symphony.

Producer: Zara Siddiqi

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Mon 5 May 2025 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Laudate pueri, Dominum, BuxWV 69

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Eight Pieces for Piano, Op 76 (Nos 2-5)

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • Nonesuch.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B flat major Op.4`6

    Performer: Valérie Milot. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Analekta.

  • Phyllis Tate

    Alto Saxophone Concerto in B-Flat Major: II. Canzonetta

    Performer: Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo. Orchestra: Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo Orchestra.
    • Lost Saxophone Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Oboe Sonata in D major, Op 166 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.3 in D Major Op 29 "Polish" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 108.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 May 2025 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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