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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Radio 3's eclectic half hour of specially curated music to ease you into the evening. Tonight's musical ingredients include dances from Galicia and Armenia, a prayer from Czechia and a red-hot pepper from New Orleans.

Producer: David Fay

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia No 3 in F minor, TWV40:16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anonymous

    Danza de las espadas (Sabre Dance)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • Oriet - Occident 1200-1700.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 12.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Ot膷e n谩拧 (The Lord's Prayer), JW IV 29: Ot膷e n谩拧 (Our Father)

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayaneh)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 6.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Allegro assai in A flat major (Six Melodies, No 1)

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Red Hot Pepper

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Swingin' Into The 21st.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F minor, Op 55, No 2 'The Razor' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • Haydn, J.: 27 String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 27.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt, Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 404.

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Oct 2022 19:00

Music to help you focus

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