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The perfect classical half hour

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Dvorak鈥檚 serene serenade for strings.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Dvorak鈥檚 serene serenade for strings, as well as the string quartet that won the Polish composer Gra偶yna Bacewicz both the Polish National Prize and first prize at the International Composers鈥� Competition in Li猫ge, plus the Dunedin consort plays tribute to the Glory of God in Bach鈥檚 mass in B minor

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 9 Jul 2025 19:00

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Dvor谩k: Serenade For Strings.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Performer: Susan Manoff.
    • ALPHA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 7, WoO 1

    Composer: Ede Rem茅nyi. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: 脰d枚n R谩cz. Performer: Oszk谩r 脰kr枚s. Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz.
    • Brahms: The Hungarian Connection.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 6.
  • Aaron Copland

    Saturday Night Waltz (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Lane.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.
  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    String Quartet no.4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lutos艂awski Quartet.
    • Naxos 8.572807.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz No. 2 from Suite no. 2 for jazz band

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Ensemble: Alliage Quintett.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria (Mass in B minor)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Jul 2025 19:00

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