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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music by J.S. Bach, Helvi Leiviska and Rachmaninov.

Today's sequence starts with Richard Rodney Bennett wishing us a sweet choral good-night, and throughout this half-hour soundscape we also hear lullaby music from Helvi Leiviska and Andrea Casarrubios. There are slow movements from works by J.S. Bach and Mozart, Boris Giltburg plays piano music by Rachmaninov, and to end, a pair of romantic French melodies by Debussy and Faure.

Produced by Andy King.

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Thu 21 May 2026 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    A Good-Night

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Richard Rodney Bennett: Sea Change: Cambridge Singers/Rutter.
    • Collegium.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor BWV.1060 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Études-tableaux, Op 33: No 2 in C Major (Allegro)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Études-tableaux, Op. 33.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Helvi Leiviskae

    Kevaan tulo [The Coming of Spring] (Orchestral Suite no.2 Op.11)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

  • Andrea Casarrubios

    Lullaby (Piano quintet, 2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Casarrubios. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • SEVEN: works by Andrea Casarrubios.
    • Odradek Records.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade no.10 in B flat Major K.361 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita".
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Claude Debussy

    Romance: L'Âme Evaporée

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.
    • NAIVE.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Andante Op.75

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1001.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 May 2026 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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