Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m002d7h6, broadcast at Wednesday 18th June 2025, 7:00pm.
“Enjoy a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including a Scottish Dance from Malcolm Arnold, Maria Joao Pires performing a Brahms intermezzo, a beautiful berceuse by Cesar Cui and Dvorak's Quintet in E flat major. Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – 4 Scottish dances (Op.59), no.2; Reel (Vivace) (track 10, Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor Bryden Thomson
- Composer Malcolm Arnold
- 2:02 – 3 Intermezzi Op.117 (no.1 in E flat major 'Schlummerlied')
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Maria João Pires
- 7:02 – Berceuse in E flat major, Op 20 No 8 (track 9, Cesar Cui: Suite Concertante Op. 25: HKPO, Schermerhorn)
- Composer Cesar Cui
- Performer Takako Nishizaki
- Orchestra Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Kenneth Schermerhorn
- 10:06 – Sextet in C Minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt) (track 105, Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano)
- Composer Louise Farrenc
- Performer Eric Le Sage
- Ensemble Les Vents Français
- 15:40 – String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (2nd mvt) (track 6, Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Ensemble Pavel Haas Quartet
- Performer Pavel Nikl
- 21:23 – Stars (track 7, Lux)
- Composer Eriks Esenvalds
- Choir VOCES8
- 25:20 – Holberg Suite, Op 40 (2md mvmt, Sarabande) (track 6, Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Swan of Tuonela/Grieg: Holberg Suite)
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor Neville Marriner