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Half an hour of back-to-back classical music, including works by Rachmaninov, Paul Simon, Piazzolla, JS Bach, and Helvi Leivisk盲.

Relax at the end of a busy day with half an hour of back to back classical music. A serene Rachmaninov piano study opens today's sequence, leading into a reflective guitar arrangement based on Paul Simon's "The Sound of Silence". Liza Lehmann's resilient song about the advantages of not being married sits alongside J.S. Bach's sublime Air from his 3rd Orchestral Suite, and the seductive "Milonga del Angel" by Piazzaolla. Completing the sequence, is an immersive setting of the Latin text "Ubi Caritas" performed by Voces8, and orchestral music inspired by the arrival of Spring by the Finnish composer Helvi Leivisk盲.

Producer: Helen Garrison

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麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux, Op.39 (no.8)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Paul Simon

    The Sound Of Silence

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Music Arranger: Chris Trueman. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • The Sound of Silence.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Liza Lehmann

    If no one ever marries me (The Daisy Chain)

    Performer: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Janice Watson.
    • Collins.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Milonga del angel

    Performer: Pablo Mainetti. Orchestra: Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Ben Hancox. Performer: Hannah Dawson. Performer: Simone van der Giessen. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Decca.

  • Helvi Leivisk盲

    The Coming of Spring (Suite No 2 for Orchestra, Op 11; 1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviska: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Bis.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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