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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Minuet in E Major, D. 335

    Performer: Daniel Lebhardt.
    • Schubert: Ländler, Minuets & Écossaises.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • In Winter's House.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy, Op. 58

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 8 in G major, 'Le Soir' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.

  • George Enescu

    Piano Quintet in D Major: IV. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Enescu: String Octet, Piano Quintet.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Tony Bennett

    A Sleepin' Bee

    • Tony Sings For Two.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 8.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Jubilee - Sparkling Classical Gems.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 2.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (2nd mvt, Romance)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.

  • Marianna Martines

    Piano Sonata no 1 in G major, I. Allegro

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Rubicon.

  • John Williams

    Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders March

    Conductor: Hansjörg Angerer. Orchestra: Philharmonie Salzburg.
    • Salzburg Wind Philharmonic Vol. 4.
    • Salzburg Wind Philharmonic.
    • 102.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.

  • Robert Schumann

    All nächtlich im Traume (Dichterliebe, Op 48 No 14)

    Performer: Christian Blackshaw. Singer: Alice Coote.
    • Schumann Lieder.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 28.

  • Mel Bonis

    Meditation in F major, Op 33

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Méditation in F Major, Op. 33.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV 496 in G minor

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Ensemble: La Folia Barockorchester.
    • BERLIN.

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenröslein, D 257

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Eric Schneider.
    • Wanderers Nachtlied.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Troyens, H. 133, Act I: Marche Troyene

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.1 in D Minor, Op.13 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Isle of the Dead.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Prelude in B minor, Op 13 No 6

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Sep 2026 06:30
    BBC Radio 3