Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m002f0fh, broadcast at Tuesday 1st July 2025, 7:00pm.
“Half and hour of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's eclectic mix beings with one of Rachmaninov's most ecstatic piano preludes, followed by a poignant guitar arrangement of a song by Paul Simon and performed by Milos. Also in the sequence you can hear a very well known piece of J.S. Bach, a hypnotic piece of string writing by Caroline Shaw, Piazzolla's "Oblivion", and a beautiful Renaissance lament by Thomas Tomkins. If you listen closely, you might also catch a familiar TV theme. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Études-tableaux, Op 39 (No 8 in D minor) (track 11, Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Freddy Kempf
- 3:58 – The Sound Of Silence (track 1, The Sound of Silence)
- Composer Paul Simon
- Performer Miloš Karadaglić
- Ensemble 12 Ensemble
- Music Arranger Geoff Lawson
- Music Arranger Chris Trueman
- 6:36 – Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air) (track 5, Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- 11:10 – Plan & Elevation (The Orangery) (track , Orange)
- Composer Caroline Shaw
- Ensemble Attacca Quartet
- 13:08 – Murder, She Wrote (main theme)
- Conductor Rumon Gamba
- Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
- Composer John Addison
- 15:18 – Symphony No 41 in C major K551 'Jupiter' (3rd mvt) (track 3, Mozart:Jupiter Symphony)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Conductor Iván Fischer
- 19:36 – When David heard that Absalom was slain
- Choir Stile Antico
- Composer Thomas Tomkins
- 24:31 – Oblivion arr. for 14 cellos (track 1101, Corazón)
- Composer Astor Piazzolla
- Music Arranger John‐Henry Crawford
- 28:05 – Lyrical Pieces, Op. 12: No. 1. Arietta (track 13, Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte)
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Performer Denis Kozhukhin