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Classical music for focus or relaxation

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

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Music Played

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Christopher Churcher

    Pride Motets: III. My Heart

    Performer: Mar Umbert Kimura. Conductor: Will Dawes. Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford.
    • Churcher: Moonrise.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in D major, Op 33 No 2

    Performer: Nelly Ben-Or.
    • Chopin Dances: Nelly Ben-Or.
    • Meridian.
    • 2.

  • Giovanni Battista Cirri

    Cello Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 14 No. 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • Aparté.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi Op.117: No 2 in B flat minor

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Brahms Early and Late Piano Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 210.

  • Claude Debussy

    Premier Piano Trio in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Debussy Sonates & Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 12.

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  • Wednesday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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Music to help you focus

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