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Switch up your listening with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including music by Franz Liszt, Dora Pejacevic and Gerald Finzi.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including Liszt's Consolation No. 3 for piano, the third of Finzi's five Bagatelles beautifully arranged for saxophone and string orchestra, and an Impromptu by Dora Pejacevic.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia 2, TWV 40:27 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sara Ruiz.
    • Telemann: Fantasia 2 TWV 40:27, II. Andante.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolations S.172 (no.3 in D flat major)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 3 Carol and No 4 Forlana)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 18-19.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F major, Op 36

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Impromptu, Op 9

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CPO.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    9 Preludes Op.103

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Carl Filtsch

    Premières pensées musicales, Op. 3: III. Mazurka

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • A Child’s Dream.
    • Signum Records.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday21:00
    BBC Radio 3

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