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Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Elgar, Schubert and Ravel.

The night, and the moon, provide the backdrop for this seamless half-hour soundscape of classical music. Starting with a song of the night by Elgar, we also hear a wanderer speaking to the moon as Schubert sets a poem by Johann Gabriel Seidl, and Dvorak's song to the moon from his opera Rusalka. Plus music by John Barry, Mel Bonis and Domenico Scarlatti, and the sequence ends in the light, with Ravel setting words by Victor Hugo.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson De Nuit Op.15 no.1

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • The Lark Ascending.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • MCA Records.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Wanderer an den Mond, D. 870

    Performer: James Baillieu. Lyricist: Johann Gabriel Seidl. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 14.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegie for Strings Op.105

    Ensemble: Utrecht String Quartet.
    • MDG.

  • Mel Bonis

    Gai printemps - impromptu Op.11

    Performer: Laurent Martin.
    • Bonis: Le diamant noir (Danses).
    • Ligia.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka, Op. 114: Song to the Moon

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Voice of the Violin.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor K 32 arr. for guitar

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Sony.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tout est lumière

    Lyricist: Victor Hugo. Singer: Brigitte Desnoues. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. Choir: Chœur de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne.
    • Caplet / Debussy / Ravel: Prix De Rome Cantatas.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thursday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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