Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Saturday 23 August 2025

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Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Saturday 23 August 2025

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Elspeth Hanson 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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Elspeth Hanson 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

16:08

Title: Symphonie Fantastique (2nd Movement) Un Bal

Composer: Berlioz, Hector

Performer(s): Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique / La Mort de Cleopatre - Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle

Duration: 6:26

16:16

Title: Love Changes Everything

Composer: Webber, Andrew Lloyd/Black, Don/Hampton, Christopher

Performer(s): Michael Ball (Vocal)

Album: The Best Of Michael Ball

Duration: 3:29

16:20

Title: Forrest Gump - Feather Theme

Composer: Silvestri, Alan

Performer(s): Alan Silvestri & His Orchestra

Album: Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack

Duration: 2:14

16:23

Title: Sicilienne

Composer: Faure, Gabriel

Performer(s): RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Album: Faure: Orchestral Music

Duration: 3:18

16:26

Title: The Derry Air

Composer: Traditional

Performer(s): RTE National Symphony Orchestra

Album: Classical Sounds - Orchestral and Vocal favourites (Recordno: Not Available)

Duration: 3:31

16:33

Title: Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave'

Composer: Mendelsshon, Felix

Performer(s): Irish Chamber Orchestra

Album: Mendelssohn / Widmann - Jorg Widmann

Duration: 9:39

16:46

Title: I Got Rhythm

Composer: Gershwin, George / Ira

Performer(s): Judy Garland (Vocal)

Album: That`s Entertainment!

Duration: 8:04

17:00

Title: Carmen, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Composer: Bizet, Georges

Performer(s): The Far Flung Trio

Album: Umbrellas

Duration: 4:02

17:06

Title: Get Happy

Composer: Arlen, Harold/Koehler, Ted

Performer(s): Judy Garland (vocals)

Album: That`s Entertainment (Recordno: WMTV038)

Duration: 2:48

17:09

Title: Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd movement) Allegro vivace

Composer: Schumann, Robert

Performer(s): Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Album: Great Piano Concertos: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Duration: 11:10

17:22

Title: I love a piano

Composer: Berlin, Irving

Performer(s): Judy Garland

Album: Easter Parade - OST

Duration: 2:00

17:25

Title: Oblivion

Composer: Piazzolla, Astor

Performer(s): The Far Flung Trio

Album: Umbrellas

Duration: 4:10

17:33

Title: The Silken Ladder Overture

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Performer(s): Polish Chamber Orchestra

Album: Best-Loved Classics 7

Duration: 5:25

17:40

Title: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (1st movement) Moderato

Composer: Rachmaninov, Sergei

Performer(s): Julius Katchen (piano)

Album: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

Duration: 9:50

17:53

Title: Gabriel's Oboe

Composer: Morricone, Ennio

Performer(s): Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

Album: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

Duration: 3:13

17:58

Title: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale

Composer: Saint-Saens, Camille

Performer(s): Jean-Francois Heisser (piano)/Viktoria Postnikova (piano)

Album: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals; Symphony No 3; Concerto No 2

Duration: 2:09