Your daily classical soundtrack
Episode m002dn1x, broadcast at Friday 27th June 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Gabriel Pierne introduces us to the beautiful sounds of Gracieuse's garden from Ramuntcho. A gentle arrangement of Scriabin's prelude No.2 serenely takes us to Bach's Badinerie from Suite No.2 in B minor. Next, Piazolla sweeps us into a graceful tango with The Angel's Milonga, followed by the bright Allegro from Maddalena Laura Sirmen's Quartet No.2 in B flat major. Respighi captures the spirit of birdsong, translating the fluttering of wings, and scratching of feet in his Preludio. Brahms offers a moment of calm with his beloved Intermezzo in A major and tonight's mixtape concludes with Grieg's ethereal Ave maris stella. Producer: Zara Siddiqi”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Ramuntcho - overture and suite no. 1: Le jardin de Gracieuse [Prelude to Act 2] (track 7, Pierne: Orchestral Works)
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Juanjo Mena
- Composer Gabriel Pierné
- 3:52 – Prelude in B major, Op 16 No 1 (track 1, Frost and Friends)
- Composer Alexander Scriabin
- Music Arranger Roland Pöntinen
- Music Arranger Martin Frost
- 6:59 – Milonga del angel
- Composer Astor Piazzolla
- Performer Pablo Mainetti
- Orchestra Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure
- Conductor Josep Pons
- 12:57 – String Quartet no.2 in B flat major (2nd mvt) (track 12, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen - The Six String Quartets)
- Composer Maddalena Laura Sirmen
- Ensemble Allegri String Quartet
- 18:00 – Preludio (The Birds) (track 1, Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
- Composer Ottorino Respighi
- Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- 20:45 – Intermezzo in A major (6 Pieces Op.118) (track 12, Paul Lewis - Brahms Late Piano Works)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Paul Lewis
- 26:09 – Ave maris stella (track 1, A Mother's Love - Music for Mary: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers)
- Choir The Sixteen
- Director Harry Christophers
- Composer Edvard Grieg