Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001nwdn, broadcast at Friday 28th July 2023, 7:00pm.
“Let distractions melt away with a mixtape featuring music from Schumann's bucolic Rhenish Symphony, sprightly woodwind from Holst and Telemann, and cellist Braimah Kanneh-Mason's delicate interpretation of Sea Murmurs. Plus, sparkling Brahms on the harp, a choir of elves from Pauline Viardot, and Vaughan Williams' take on Greensleeves. Produced by Rachel Gill.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Symphony No 3 in E flat Major, 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt) (track 2, Schumann: The Symphonies)
- Composer Robert Schumann
- Conductor Daniel Barenboim
- Orchestra Staatskapelle Berlin
- 6:30 – Sea Murmurs
- Music Arranger Jascha Heifetz
- Performer Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- Composer Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
- Performer Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
- 8:20 – Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op 14 (track 005, The British Connection)
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Ensemble Hexagon Ensemble
- 12:25 – Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15 (track 10, Lullabies)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Music Arranger Catrin Finch
- 14:13 – Overture in A minor, TWV 55 a2 (Minuet 1 and 2) (track 4, Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments)
- Composer Georg Philipp Telemann
- Conductor Roy Goodman
- Performer Peter Holtslag
- Performer Mark Caudle
- Ensemble Parley of Instruments
- 18:17 – Choeur des elfes
- Choir BBC Singers
- Composer Pauline Viardot
- Singer Olivia Robinson
- Performer Elizabeth Burgess
- Conductor Grace Rossiter
- 24:14 – Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Orchestra Britten Sinfonia
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Conductor Nicholas Cleobury