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Music Box

An hour of the best in classical music

A close up picture of a violin being played with a hand on the fret board and the bow playing the strings.
A close up picture of a violin being played with a hand on the fret board and the bow playing the strings.

Sandra Gayer presents a programme of classical and modern music, spanning 500 years of breath-taking ideas.

Listen to the latest episode.

  1. ‘Dear Lord and Father of Mankind’. Composer: Sir Hubert Parry and John Greenleaf. Performed by: Alfie Boe
  2. ‘Magnificat’. Composer: Arvo Pärt. Conductor: Paul Hillier. Performed by: Arvo Pärt
  3. ‘The Opening Extract Of The First Glorious Mystery, The Resurrection’. Composer: Heinrich Biber. Performed by: Peter McCarthy, Violinist Bojan Čičić and Steven Devine
  4. ‘Sanctus’. Composer: Sigurður Sævarsson. Performed by: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
  5. ‘Kyrie’. Composer: Sigurður Sævarsson. Conductor: Graham Ross. Performed by: Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Hannah Dienes-Williams and Samuel Porteous
  6. ‘Postlude in D minor’. Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford
  7. ‘Ave Maria’. Composer: Gustav Holst. Performed by: The Holst Singers
  8. ‘Do Not Be afraid’. Composer: Philip Stopford. Performed by: Melism’. ‘Hail Mary Gentle Woman’. Composer: Carey Landry. Performed by: The Daughters of ST. Paul
  9. ‘Closing Extract Of The First Glorious Mystery, The Resurrection’. Composer: Heinrich Biber. Performed by: Peter McCarthy, Violinist Bojan Čičić and Steven Devine
  10. ‘A New Beginning’ Extract From The Bible. Performed by Hans Zimmer
  11. ‘Earth as it is in Heaven’. Composer: Enio Moricone. Conductor: Paul Bateman.