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The perfect classical half hour

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op.167

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Oleg Maisenberg.
    • EMI.

  • Edward Elgar

    Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Op.27 (On the Alm)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Elgar: The Black Night; Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 014.

  • Philippa Schuyler

    Untitled

    Performer: Sarah Masterson.
    • Travelogue.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..
    • 18.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    A Quiet Place - Postlude to Act One

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • The Essential Emma Kirkby.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 17.

  • John Anthony

    Beginning at the End

    Composer: Alexandra Harwood. Performer: John Anthony. Performer: Alexandra Harwood.
    • The Escape (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Air-Edel Records.
    • 10.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Daybreak

    Performer: Florence Cooke. Performer: Louise Craigie. Performer: Andrew Griffiths. Performer: James Hopkins. Singer: Alexandra Kidgell.
    • Clarke: Choral Music.
    • ASV.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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