The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001s615, broadcast at Monday 3rd November 2025, 7:00pm, and Thursday 16th November 2023, 7:00pm.
“A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with violin solo by JS Bach from his Partita No. 3; 'Veni Sancti Spiritus/Veni Creator Spiritus', a sacred masterpiece from John Dunstaple, the earliest English composer on record; a view of the Amazon river by Philip Glass; 'La Rondine', Puccini's only operetta with soprano Renée Fleming; piano music by the Norwegian composer Agatha Backer-Grondhal; 'Libera me', a motet by Anton Bruckner, and the soothing spirit of Brahms' Symphony No. 3. Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Violin Partita No 3 in E major, BWV1006 (2nd mvt, Loure) (track 302, Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Christian Tetzlaff
- 4:17 – Dunstaple: Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus (track 9, English Motets: From Dunstaple to Gibbons)
- Conductor Owain Park
- Composer John Dunstable
- Lyricist Anonymous
- Choir Gesualdo Six
- 9:34 – Japurá River (Aguas da Amazonia)
- Composer Philip Glass
- Ensemble Uakti
- 14:23 – Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
- Singer Renée Fleming
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Conductor Jeffrey Tate
- Performer Ian Watson
- 18:01 – Serenade in F major, Op.15 no.1
- Composer Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
- Performer Geir Henning Braaten
- 21:03 – Libera me, WAB 21 (track 501, Bruckner: Latin Motets)
- Choir Latvian Radio Choir
- Conductor Sigvards Kļava
- Composer Anton Bruckner
- Performer Kristīne Adamaite
- 23:14 – Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt) (track 5, Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
- Conductor Claudio Abbado