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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites by Haydn, Saint-Sa毛ns and Puccini plus music by Wagner, Bernstein, Margaret Bonds and Peter Hope.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Haydn's Surprise Symphony, Saint-Sa毛ns's The Swan and the Humming Chorus from Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly. Along the way there's the Spinning Chorus from Wagner's The Flying Dutchman arranged for piano by Franz Liszt, Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free, Margaret Bonds' Benediction reflecting on the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Peter Hope's Tallis Revisited.

Producer: Ian Wallington

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29 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Oct 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.94 in G major 'Surprise' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Haydn: The 12 London Symphonies: LPO, Solti.
    • Decca.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des animaux; no.13; Le Cygne (The Swan)

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies 鈥 More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • Signum.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance Variations from Fancy Free: No. 2, Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Bernstein: On the Waterfront.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.
  • Peter Hope

    Tallis Remembered

    Performer: Thomas Verity. Performer: John Turner. Performer: Simon Passmore.
    • DIVINE ART.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Mon 28 Oct 2024 19:00

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