Power through with classical music
Episode m0024m37, broadcast at Tuesday 21st October 2025, 7:00pm, Sunday 29th December 2024, 5:30pm, and Monday 11th November 2024, 7:00pm.
“A relaxing mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth’s soothing Adagio from a concerto by Marcello, as well as piano music by Ravel, plus music inspired by the tallest mountain in the United States – Ola Gjeilo’s sublime setting of the Ave Maria. To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape””
Track listing
- 2:45 – Second Eve (track 5, Rosa mystica: Musical Portraits of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
- Composer Ola Gjeilo
- Conductor Paul Spicer
- Choir Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir
- 8:35 – Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit) (track 11, Chopin/Liszt/Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Performer Benjamin Grosvenor
- 15:08 – Pastorale per la notte della nativitate Christi (track 9, Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach)
- Composer Johann David Heinichen
- Orchestra Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Conductor Hartmut Haenchen
- 20:42 – Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 - II. Adagio (track 9, Rachmaninoff & Brahms)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Andreas Ottensamer
- Performer Gautier Capuçon
- Performer Yuja Wang
- 59:54 – Trumpet Concerto in C Minor (Adagio) (track 3, Magical Memories)
- Performer Tine Thing Helseth
- Composer Alessandro Marcello
- Performer Kåre Nordstoga