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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Debussy, Tailleferre and Rameau.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. Beginning with Janine Jansen playing Debussy, arranged by Jascha Heifetz, this half-hour musical sequence includes choral music by Edward Bairstow and Thomas Tallis, a folksong for orchestra by George Walker, and well-loved music by his compatriot Samuel Barber - the Adagio in its original string quartet form. Plus, to end, the Chaconne from Rameau's opera Dardanus and a Bagatelle for guitar by William Walton.

Produced by Andy King.

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Wed 29 Apr 202619:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir arr Heifetz

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Edward Bairstow

    Jesu, the very thought of thee

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Director: David Hill.
    • E. Bairstow: Choral music: Choir of St John's/Britten Sinfonia/Hill.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    String Quartet in B minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Barber: String Quartet: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Arabesque for clarinet in B flat and piano

    Performer: Davide Bandieri. Performer: Guillaume Hersperger.
    • L'Esprit des Six.
    • CLAVES RECORDS.
    • 16.

  • George Walker

    My Lord, what a morning (Folksongs for orchestra, No. 3)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Asher Fisch.
    • Walker & Dawson: Orchesral Works.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Hear the voice and prayer

    Ensemble: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Songs of Reformation.
    • OBSIDIAN.
    • 4.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Dardanus - suite)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.

  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (no.2)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Apr 202619:00
    BBC Radio 3

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