A classical mix to lift your spirits
Episode m001w1k9, broadcast at Friday 28th November 2025, 7:00pm, and Friday 16th February 2024, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.”
Track listing
- 0:04 – French Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 815 (Gavotte) (track 17, J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Angela Hewitt
- 1:01 – Das Rheingold (Prelude)
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra
- Conductor Reginald Goodall
- 5:57 – Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard / Act 1 - "'Tis done! I am a bride!" (track 111, Sylvia McNair)
- Composer Arthur Sullivan
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor Neville Marriner
- Singer Sylvia McNair
- Lyricist William Gilbert
- 9:56 – Shadow Behind the Iron Sun (track 002, Shadow Behind the Iron Sun)
- Performer Evelyn Glennie
- Performer Oliver Walker
- Performer Michael Brauer
- 12:36 – And I saw a new Heaven (track 9, A New Heaven, The Sixteen)
- Choir The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer Edgar Bainton
- Performer Robert Quinney
- 17:47 – Daphnis et Chloé (Lever du jour)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
- Choir Berlin Radio Choir
- Conductor Pierre Boulez
- 24:11 – To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Performer Leif Ove Andsnes
- 27:06 – Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (track 3, Voices)
- Composer Paul Mealor
- Conductor Gareth Malone
- Choir Gareth Malone's Voices