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A chilled half hour of classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring the lush Allegretto from Granados鈥� Piano Quintet, Nadia Boulanger鈥檚 setting of Henry Bataille鈥檚 poetry, and Philip Stopford鈥檚 portrayal of the Virgin comforting her baby, plus clarinettist Martin Fr枚st soothes the ghost of Alecto in Purcell鈥檚 incidental music to the play Oedipus.

30 minutes

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Fri 12 Dec 2025 19:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Enrique Granados

    Piano Quintet in G Minor: II. Allegretto quasi andantino

    Performer: Alissa Margulis. Performer: G茅za Hosszu-Legocky. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Natalia Margulis. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    笔谤颈猫谤别

    Performer: Tristan Ra毛s. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While (Oedipus)

    Music Arranger: Sebastien Dub茅. Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Sebastien Dub茅.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Philip Stopford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Dec 2025 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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