The perfect classical half hour

Available for 28 days

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Opening with a shimmering Aquarium from Saint-Seans, and a lesser known prelude by Rachmaninov, the sequence moves slowly and heavily into an orchestral Pavane by Cecilia McDowall, then weaves around Graham Fitkin's mysterious Carousel, before alighting on a Telemann sonata for recorder and violin. The perfumed French harmonies of Poulenc's Stabat Mater melt into William Grant Still's Lyric Quartet, and the half hour concludes with a gentle orchestration of Fauré's well-loved Berceuse from his Dolly Suite. Producer: Helen Garrison