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Classical music for your journey

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music including works by Handel, Sibelius and Nadia Boulanger.

In tonight's Classical Mixtape, we begin with the beautiful Adagio from Bach鈥檚 1st Brandenburg concerto, which is followed by Sibelius鈥� Berceuse for violin and piano. There鈥檚 also a movement from John Ireland鈥檚 A Downland Suite for brass band and Richard Rodney Bennett鈥檚 choral work These Three. Elgar鈥檚 Carissima for small orchestra precedes an arrangement of Nadia Boulanger鈥檚 Cantique for voice and piano played by the Jess Gillam Ensemble, and we finish with Handel鈥檚 Ombra Mai Fu.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

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Fri 24 Apr 2026 19:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Berceuse (6 Pieces Op.79)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Minuet)

    Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass. Conductor: James Stobart.
    • Walton/Tippett/Britten/Ireland: London Collegiate Brass/Stobart.
    • CRD.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    These three, 'If I speak with the tongues of men'

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics - 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique (Arr. Vennart for saxophone & ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • N. Boulanger: Cantique (Arr. Vennart for Saxophone & Ensemble).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Performer: Doron David Sherwin. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Erato.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Apr 2026 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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