Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Saturday 9 August 2025

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Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Saturday 9 August 2025

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Join Claudia Boyle as she sets the mood for a relaxing weekend. Whether you are catching up on things or chilling out, unwind to some of the world's most beautiful classical music.

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Join Claudia Boyle as she sets the mood for a relaxing weekend. Whether you are catching up on things or chilling out, unwind to some of the world's most beautiful classical music.

Episode Playlist

16:06

Title: Valse in E Minor ( (Version for Harp in E Flat Minor)

Composer: Chopin, Frederic

Performer(s): Magdalena Hoffmann (harp)

Album: Nightscapes

Duration: 3:28

16:10

Title: Vltava

Composer: Smetana, Bedrich

Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra

Album: Smetana - Ma Vlast

Duration: 12:37

16:24

Title: Dance of the Reed Flutes

Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Performer(s): Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra;Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; The Nutcracker Suite

Duration: 2:18

16:27

Title: Empty Chairs, Empty Tables

Composer: Schonberg, Claude-Michel/Boubil, Alain/Kretzmer, Herbert

Performer(s): Michael Ball (Vocal)

Album: The Best Of Michael Ball

Duration: 2:56

16:34

Title: Violin Concerto in E minor (3rd movement) allegro non troppo

Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix

Performer(s): Shlomo Mintz (Violin)

Album: Abbado: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Duration: 7:06

16:40

Title: Cavatina

Composer: Myers, Stanley

Performer(s): Roberto Bonfiglio (harmonica)

Album: Bonfiglio - Romances

Duration: 3:52

16:45

Title: Wachet Auf (Sleepers Awake)

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian

Performer(s): Consortium Musicum

Album: Not Available (Recordno: VTDCD155)

Duration: 3:30

16:50

Title: Legends: No.3 in G minor

Composer: Dvorak, Antonin

Performer(s): Budapest Festival Orchestra

Album: Dvorak Legends: Ivan Fischer/ Budapest Festival Orchestra

Duration: 3:57

16:54

Title: Deutsche Tänze in C major No.1

Composer: schubert

Performer(s): Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester

Album: DANCE!

Duration: 3:00

16:57

Title: Maria

Composer: Bernstein, Leonard/Sondheim, Stephen

Performer(s): Michael Ball (vocal)

Album: The Best Of Michael Ball

Duration: 3:03

17:01

Title: Waltz From Masquerade

Composer: Khachaturian, Aram

Performer(s): Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Khachaturian: Spartacus, Gayanah, Masquerade

Duration: 4:12

17:05

Title: Chariots Of Fire: Main Titles

Composer: Vangelis

Performer(s): Vangelis

Album: Not Available (Recordno: 800020-2)

Duration: 3:34

17:11

Title: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (from The Magic Flute)

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Performer(s): Andrè Schuen (baritone)

Album: MOZART

Duration: 2:59

17:14

Title: Night on a Bare Mountain

Composer: Mussorgsky, Modest

Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra

Album: Not Available (Recordno: 417689-21867)

Duration: 11:04

17:26

Title: Furioso-Galopp (after Franz Liszt) live recording

Composer: Strauss I, Johann

Performer(s): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: New Year's Concert 1999

Duration: 2:31

17:28

Title: Caprice No.24 in A minor

Composer: Paganini, Nicolo

Performer(s): Emma Johnson (clarinet)

Album: Voyage - Emma Johnson

Duration: 1:16

17:34

Title: Bolero

Composer: Ravel, Maurice

Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra

Album: Maurice Ravel: LSO/ Abbado

Duration: 14:21

17:49

Title: Sunrise, Sunset

Composer: Bock / Harnick

Performer(s): Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

Album: Back Together

Duration: 4:54