Classical music for focus or relaxation

“From the opening chorus of JS Bach's Cantata BWV 8, to Debussy's dreamy Arabesque No. 1 for piano, to a World Music feast of plucked strings as the West African harp-like kora meets the Chinese lute-like pipa; then comes Saint-Saens' Havanaise for violin and orchestra, followed by Rebecca Clarke's sonata for viola and piano. Next, the Hilliard Ensemble performs a religious work by Palestrina, from his Book 4 of motets, before the journey closes, perhaps appropriately, with Chopin's Nocturne No. 3 Op. 15, in the hands of virtuoso pianist Maria Joao Pires. Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo”