Classical music to inspire you
Episode m002fwn3, broadcast at Monday 21st July 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including a glorious violin concerto by Bach, the Sanctus from Ethel Smyth's Mass in D, Rachmaninov's prelude for piano in D minor and Hawes' serene first movement from his Highgrove Suite for harp and orchestra. Ravel's witty Quartet in F major starts the second half of the mixtape, followed by the brightness of Shostakovich's Prelude in A major. Producer: Zara Siddiqi”
Track listing
- 0:07 – Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R: III. Allegro (track 303, Bach: Violin Concertos)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Frank Peter Zimmermann
- Orchestra Berlin Baroque
- 7:08 – Mass in D (4. Sanctus) (track 4, Smyth: Mass in D & Overture to The Wreckers)
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Sakari Oramo
- Composer Ethel Smyth
- Choir BBC Symphony Chorus
- Singer Catriona Morison
- Singer Susanna Hurrell
- Singer Ben Johnson
- Singer Duncan Rock
- 11:39 – Prelude in D minor, Op 23 No 3 (track 3, Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32 - Moments musicaux, Op. 16 - Morceaux de fant)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Dmitri Alexeev
- 15:17 – The Wildflower Meadow (Highgrove Suite) (track 2, Patrick Hawes, Highgrove Suite: Claire Jones, Philharmonia Orchestra)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor Patrick Hawes
- Performer Claire Jones
- 21:09 – String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt) (track 9, Debussy, Fauré & Ravel: String Quartets)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Ensemble Quatuor Ébène
- 27:33 – Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op 87 No 2 (Prelude) (track 3, Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva)
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Performer Tatiana Nikolayeva