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Classical music for focus and inspiration

Tonight's mixtape springs off with Boccherini's sparkling music for guitar and string quartet, and takes in flute music from Bach and Talvin Singh, a soothing Nocturne from Chopin, and reflections on life from Orlando Gibbons and Gerald Finzi and from a Northumbrian mining song.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Apr 2020 19:00

Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet No 4 in D major G.448 (1st mvt - Pastorale)

    Performer: Johan L枚fving. Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Fandango! Music for Solo Guitar and String Quartet.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Cristina Bianchi.
    • Scarlatti, Baltin & Others: Harp Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 5.
  • Rakesh Chaurasia & Talvin Singh

    Heaven

    • Vira.
    • Sona Rupa.
    • 03.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E major, BWV 1035 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: Flute Sonatas: Andrea Oliva/Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72 no.1

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin, Liszt, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Farewell to Arms, Op. 9: II. Aria: His golden locks

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 802.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
    • Virgin.
    • 12.
  • Trad.

    Old Miner

    Performer: Bob Morton. Performer: Bob Diehl. Performer: Gerry Murphy. Performer: Grace Smith.
    • Still Gannin' Canny.
    • Canny Fettle.
    • 07.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Apr 2020 19:00

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