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The perfect classical half hour

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including J.S. Bach's Sheep may safely graze, Pablo Casals Song of the birds and Ariel Ramirez Alfonsina y el mar.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

13 days left to listen

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestrator: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Soliloquy

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • DG.
  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Vision 1 "The fire of creation": Et audivi

    Ensemble: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ariel Ram铆rez

    Alfonsina y el mar (zamba Argentina)

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Americas Without Frontiers.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 018.
  • Percy Grainger

    Mo Nighean Dubh (my dark-haired maiden)

    Choir: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: Works for unaccompanied Chorus.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 12.
  • John Foulds

    The Wayside Cross (Suite fantastique, Op 72)

    Performer: Cynthia Fleming. Performer: Roderick Elms. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Jan 2026 19:00

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