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Classical music for focus or relaxation

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by Johannes Brahms, Laura Snowden, and Karl Jenkins.

An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour featuring the Benedictus from the mass Karl Jenkins wrote as what he described as the most war-torn and destructive century in human history drew to a close, the tribute Laura Snowden pays to her grandmothers, and the melodious gift Saint-Saen’s bequeathed to horn-players everywhere.

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BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Prelude (Capriccio)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Julia Hagen. Performer: Clemens Hagen.
    • Richard Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Romance in F major Op 118 no 5

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F major, Op 36

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII. Benedictus

    Performer: Guy Johnson. Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • The Armed Man & Other Selected Works.
    • DECCA.

  • Laura Snowden

    The Memory Garden

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
    • The Memory Garden: Guitar Music from England.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 11.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legend in B flat minor, Op 59 No 10

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.

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  • Last Monday 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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