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09/10/2026

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.

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Fri 9 Oct 2026 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hedwige Chrétien

    Little Water-side Poems: WInter

    Performer: Hamish Brown. Singer: Beth Taylor.
    • LINN.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and Expressively)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia a 3 in F major Z. 733

    Orchestra: London Baroque. Director: Charles Medlam.
    • BIS.

  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    12 Polonaises: No 8 in E Minor

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • BACH: The Art of Life (Encore Edition).
    • DG.
    • 3.

  • James MacMillan

    A Child's Prayer

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Oct 2026 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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