Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Sunday 24 August 2025

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Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle Sunday 24 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.

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16:02

Title: La Belle Helene: Overture

Composer: Offenbach, Jacques

Performer(s): BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Tortelier's French Bonbons

Duration: 8:47

16:12

Title: Symphony no.5 D minor "Reformation" (2nd Movement) Allegro Vivace

Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix

Performer(s): Jorg Widmann (conductor)

Album: Mendelssohn/Widmann

Duration: 4:46

16:18

Title: Mattinata

Composer: Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Album: The Greatest Pavarotti Album Ever!

Duration: 1:57

16:21

Title: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A (1st Movement) Allegro di molto

Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Performer(s): Renaud Capuçon (violin)

Album: Mozart: Sonatas for Violin and Piano

Duration: 4:22

16:26

Title: Carmen Suite No.2: La Garde Montante. Tempo di Marcia

Composer: Bizet, Georges

Performer(s): New York Philharmonic

Album: Bizet Carmen Suites Nos 1 & 2 : L'Arlesienne Suites Nos 1 & 2

Duration: 3:44

16:33

Title: Rigoletto Fantasy for Two Flutes and Orchestra

Composer: Doppler, Franz

Performer(s): Emmanual Pahud(Flute)

Album: Fantasy - A night at the opera

Duration: 10:04

16:47

Title: La Vie En Rose

Composer: Louiguy

Performer(s): The Far Flung Trio

Album: Umbrellas

Duration: 3:06

16:51

Title: Beauty and the Beast - Overture

Composer: Menken, Alan

Performer(s): Studio Orchestra;Studio Orchestra

Album: Beauty and the Beast (2017 OST)

Duration: 3:05

16:55

Title: Non Piu Mesta

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Performer(s): Maria Callas (soprano)

Album: Maria Callas: Opera Arias

Duration: 2:39

16:59

Title: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G (1st Movement) Allegro

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian

Performer(s): Remy Baudet (violin)

Album: Bach Brandenburg Concertos (Recordno: 93125)

Duration: 5:19

17:06

Title: Ashokan Farewell

Composer: Ungar, Jay

Performer(s): Craig Ogden (guitar)

Album: Craig Ogden The Guitarist

Duration: 2:39

17:10

Title: New York, New York

Composer: Bernstein, Leonard/Comden, Betty/Green, Adolph

Performer(s): Thomas Hampson (vocals)

Album: Leonard Bernstein Theatre Works- On The Town

Duration: 3:58

17:16

Title: Someone to Watch over Me

Composer: Gershwin, George

Performer(s): The Far Flung Trio

Album: Umbrellas

Duration: 2:00

17:18

Title: The Thieving Magpie: Overture

Composer: Rossini, Gioachino

Performer(s): Chamber Orchestra Of Europe

Album: Rossini Overtures

Duration: 8:55

17:28

Title: La Donna e Mobile

Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Album: The Greatest Pavarotti Album Ever!

Duration: 2:19

17:33

Title: Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd movement) Adagio

Composer: Rodrigo, Joaquin

Performer(s): Goran Sollscher (guitar)

Album: Guitar Moods - The Ultimate Collection

Duration: 10:55

17:47

Title: Star of the County Down

Composer: Traditional

Performer(s): Barry Douglas (piano)

Album: Celtic Airs

Duration: 2:07

17:50

Title: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Aria

Composer: Villa-Lobos/Grusin

Performer(s): Dave Grusin (piano); Lee Ritenour (guitar)

Album: Two Worlds - Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin

Duration: 5:05

17:56

Title: Minuet from String Quintet

Composer: Boccherini, Luigi

Performer(s): Europa Galante

Album: Boccherini: String Quintets, Minuet in A

Duration: 3:40