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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

A classical soundscape with folkloric flavours. The Danish String Quartet weave together traditional melodies; Eleanor Daley sets a mystical text by a Mi’kmaq poet, Mary Louise Martin, celebrating the moon; and we close with a piano miniature by Medtner, inspired by Russian folklore.

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Thu 30 Apr 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments musicaux, D.780 (No.1 in C major)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Æ Rømeser

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 11.

  • Anon.

    Chiaccona a 4 in C major

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Himmelsmusik.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Giunse alfin il momento (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • NAIVE.

  • Steve Reich

    Duet for 2 violins and strings

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • Different Trains.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Skazka (Fariy Tale), Op 26 No 3 in F Minor

    Performer: Nelly Akopian-Tamarina.
    • Slavonic Reflections (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Apr 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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