Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m0017dr0, broadcast at Tuesday 24th May 2022, 7:00pm.
Track listing
- 0:00 – Short Ride in a Fast Machine (track 104, The John Adams Edition)
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer John Adams
- Conductor Alan Gilbert
- 4:11 – Violin Sonata No 5 in E minor (3rd mvt)
- Composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
- Performer Lina Tur Bonet
- Ensemble Musica Alchemica
- 8:06 – Arabesque No 2 in G major (track 17, Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Jean‐Yves Thibaudet
- 10:58 – The Nutcracker - Trepak (Russian dance) (track 6, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 12:04 – Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": V. Romance (track 105, Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita")
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Director Alexei Ogrintchouk
- Ensemble Members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra
- 18:45 – The Bee
- Director Nigel Short
- Composer Frank Bridge
- Choir Tenebrae
- 19:49 – The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
- Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Performer Wynton Marsalis
- Ensemble Eastman Wind Ensemble
- Conductor Donald Hunsberger
- 20:50 – Ain't nobody here but us chickens
- Composer Joan Whitney
- Composer Alex Kramer
- Ensemble Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
- 23:51 – Cantina Band (Star Wars) (track 9, Star Wars: A New Hope)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor John Williams
- 26:29 – The Firebird - ballet: Sc.2; Finale (General thanksgiving)
- Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Orchestra Les Siècles
- Conductor François‐Xavier Roth