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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Copland, Cecilia McDowall and Mendelssohn.

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down after a busy day.

Today's mix begins with the Pavane from Peter Warlock's folk-inflected Capriol Suite, followed by the atmospheric and almost childlike piano melody of Copland's Story of Our Town, in a juicy arrangement by Vince Mendoza. Cecilia McDowall picks up the baton with her shimmering choral piece, God is Light, which melts into the meditative sounds of the Andante from Mendelssohn's Organ Sonata No. 5. Two chirpy serenades by Ronald Binge and Joaquim Malats lighten the mood, after which Hannah Holgersson's soaring soprano radiates from Anders Hillborg's O Dessa Ogon. The mixtape concludes with a soft piano piece by Clara Schumann: Romance in B Minor.

Produced by Phoebe McFarlane.

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Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Pavane (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 8.

  • Aaron Copland

    Our Town

    Performer: Lang Lang. Music Arranger: Vince Mendoza. Orchestra: Hungarian Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Péter Illényi.
    • New York Rhapsody.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    God is Light

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Organ Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 65 No. 5: I. Andante

    Performer: John Scott.
    • Mendelssohn: Organ Music – Organ of St Paul's Cathedral.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.

  • Joaquim Malats

    Serenata espanola

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre.
    • Sony.

  • Anders Hillborg

    O dessa ögon [Oh these eyes]

    Singer: Hannah Holgersson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Anders Hillborg: Sirens.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in B Minor

    Performer: Jean‐Pierre Armengaud.
    • Clara Schumann: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 115.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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