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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate dominum (Vespers K339)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chlo茅, Suite Ii: I. Lever du jour

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Bol茅ro, Pavane for a Dead Princess, La valse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.

  • Niel Gow

    Coilsfield House - Drunk at Night, Dry in the Morning

    Composer: Nathaniel Gow. Music Arranger: Maxwell String Quartet. Music Arranger: Maxwell String Quartet. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74 - Folk Music from Scotland.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • JS Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10-12.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse, Op. 17

    • An English Violin.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance in E Major, Op. 67

    • Berlin Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: I. Scherzo (Transcr. Rachmaninof

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for Violin and Harpsichord in F major, Hob. XVIII:6 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • WARNER.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Mirare.
    • 111.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea: No. 1, Seascape

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • The Sea in Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell.
    • Violin Cafe.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Music Arranger: Eduard Sch眉tt. Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.
    • Strauss: Transcriptions: Scherbakov.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto No. 9 in G Major, Op. 8: I. Allegro

    • Saint-George, P茅cou: Caribbean Violin Concertos.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite no.2 in A minor BW. 807 (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Colin Currie. Music Arranger: Sam Walton. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking a Balance.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43: Ouverture

    • Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.
    • 01.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Malaya

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 32.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    Highland Memories, Op 30 (II. By the Loch; III. Harvest Dance)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • DECCA.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig: Vivace

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth 路 Holst.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Sun 14 Jun 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3