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30 minutes of classical inspiration

Half an hour of back to back classical music, including works by Ravel, Holst, Rachmaninov, Satie, Ruth Gipps and William Grant Still.

30 minutes of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of a busy day. Today's sequence opens with a Pavane by Ravel and a beautiful setting of an Indian hymn by Holst. The rich baritone voice of Dmitri Hvorostovsky yearns for love in a song by Rachmaninov, echoed by an orchestral song by Ruth Gipps. The The Bill Evans quartet partners a lullaby with one of Eric Satie's Gymnopedies, and the mix ends with a sweeping arrangement of Willian Grant Still's tribute to the African harp.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Holst

    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26: No. 3. Hymn to Vena

    Performer: Grace Cloutier. Choir: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Director: Derek Greten-Harrison.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sad night, Op.26 no.12

    Performer: Ivari Ilja. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
    • Rachmaninov Romances.
    • Ondine.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for orchestra, Op 33

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Earl Zindars

    Lullaby for Helene

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • From Left to Right.
    • Verve.
    • 13.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Orchestrator: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.
    • INSPIRATION Wintertr盲ume - Winter Dreams.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga: II

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Music Arranger: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Today 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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