Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001n280, broadcast at Wednesday 5th June 2024, 7:00pm, and Thursday 29th June 2023, 7:00pm.
“Wind down for thirty minutes to a sequence of uninterrupted classical music, weaving many styles into the mix including chamber music by Beethoven, delicate dance music from Debussy, and a yearning cello concerto from Anna Clyne. French gracefulness from Poulenc sits alongside a James Bond film score, and the programme ends with a heart felt love sonnet by Shakespeare set to music by William Lloyd Webber. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:46 – Piano Trio in B flat major, Op 97, 'Archduke' (2nd mvt, Scherzo) (track 6, Beethoven: Archduke Trio: Mullova/Schiff/Previn)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer André Previn
- Performer Viktoria Mullova
- Performer Heinrich Schiff
- 7:30 – Capsule in Space (from You Only Live Twice)
- Conductor John Barry
- 10:06 – Danse de la poupée (La boite a joujoux) (track 3, Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Orchestrator André Caplet
- Conductor Jun Märkl
- Orchestra Orchestre national de Lyon
- 14:31 – Canten dos jilguerillos (track 1, Missa Mexicana: The Harp Consort / Lawrence King)
- Director Andrew Lawrence‐King
- Composer Francisco Escalada
- Ensemble Harp Consort
- 16:47 – Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Anna Clyne
- Performer Inbal Segev
- Conductor Marin Alsop
- 21:34 – Concert Champetre (Andante) (track 105, Poulenc: Concertos)
- Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
- Conductor Richard Hickox
- Composer Francis Poulenc
- Performer Maggie Cole
- 27:42 – How Do I Love Thee? (track 13, Lloyd Webber: Chamber Music & Songs)
- Singer John Mark Ainsley
- Performer Ian Brown
- Composer William Lloyd Webber