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Classical music to help you take some rest

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we鈥檝e a week of specially curated In Tune Mixtapes. Today, a musical journey on the theme of rest including music by Bach and Humperdinck.

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we鈥檝e a week of specially curated In Tune Mixtapes. Today, a musical journey on the theme of rest including J.S Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze, Granados's La Maja de Goya which evokes a painting of a reclining woman and Humperdinck's Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel. There's also the sublime slow movement from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, a wistful minuet for strings by Mozart, The Peaceful Western Wind by Dowland, Paul Robeson's rendition of Lazy Bones and Brahms' Lullaby.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 19 May 2020 19:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestrator: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Enrique Granados

    La Maja de Goya鈥�

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cropper. Performer: Ronald Birks. Performer: Robin Ireland. Performer: Bernard Gregor-Smith. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Oboe Quartet/Horn Quintet: The Lindsays.
    • ASV.
    • 2.

  • Thomas Campion

    The peaceful western wind [Second book of ayres, 1613]

    Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.

  • Sidney Arodin

    Lazy Bones

    Music Arranger: Hoagy Carmichael. Singer: Paul Robeson. Ensemble: New Mayfair Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Noble.
    • Ol' Man River.
    • ASV.
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    The Sandman, and the Evening Prayer (Hansel & Gretel)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Singer: Ileana Cotruba葯. Singer: Frederica von Stade. Choir: Children's Chorus Of Cologne Opera. Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Conductor: Sir John Pritchard.
    • Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel.
    • CBS.
    • 11-12.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 May 2020 19:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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