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

Tonight's mixtape starts with Dobrinka Tabakova's Nocturne for piano and includes the 2nd movement of Grieg's piano concerto, James MacMillan's the Gallant Weaver and a beautiful orchestral arrangement of John Rutter's The Lord bless you and keep you.
Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal

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Music Played

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Nocturne

    Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "Prussian No. 1": II. Andante

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 1 – The Prussian Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Schumann, Grieg: Piano Concertos: Perahia, C. Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • John Rutter

    The Lord bless you and keep you (5 Meditations)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • John Rutter: Meditations.
    • King’s College, Cambridge.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Two Poems, Op 32 (No 1)

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Two Poems Op. 32: I. Andante cantabile.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 1.

  • George Walker

    My Lord, what a morning (Folksongs for orchestra, No. 3)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Asher Fisch.
    • Walker & Dawson: Orchesral Works.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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