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This week’s Classic FM radio highlights – including featured albums this week
22 January 2024, 10:29 | Updated: 29 April 2024, 13:55
The best programmes and music we’ve got coming up on Classic FM this week, beginning 29 April.
As we enter the month of May, revision season carries on in the UK. Are you a student, looking for a relaxing study break? On Sunday evenings, join us for Relaxing Evenings with Zeb Soanes as he provides you with study tips, advice, and the perfect music to study to. Are you a parent to one of these stressed students? Myleene Klass has a new programme just for you. She’s here an hour earlier than usual on Saturday nights with Classic Parent Power, made especially for parents who are navigating the waters of exams with their children. Join her for motivation on Saturdays from 9pm on Classic FM, the nation’s revision station.
This Saturday, join Alan Titchmarsh for a Classic FM exclusive – Notes from Downing Street. In this programme, a collection of players from the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform a special concert in the state rooms of 11 Downing Street. The performance is part of a new initiative to place live classical music at the heart of government celebrating the nation’s best orchestras and ensembles. Join Alan this Saturday at 6pm for the exciting event.
If there’s other music you’re after this week, remember you can always ask for it on Classic FM Requests with Anne-Marie, from 1-2pm. Get in touch here, text 61812, or ask your Alexa to ‘send a request to Classic FM’. Plus, you can now send a Request via WhatsApp on 03457 49 1812.
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Classic FM’s Album of the Week
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Luka Faulisi (Sony)
Every weekday with Alexander Armstrong, 11.15am
Join Alexander Armstrong every weekday after 11am to hear the new release from young star violinist Luka Faulisi. The 21-year-old described as ‘one of the most promising young violinists of his generation’ releases his imaginative take on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, characterised by an emphasis on storytelling through innovation and incorporating sounds of nature in the orchestra to evoke the seasons.
Classic FM’s Discovery of the Week
La Reine – Giovanni Antonini & Kammerorchester Basel (Alpha)
Every weekday with Margherita Taylor, 6.15pm
Join Margherita Taylor for her Discovery of the Week, the 15th volume of the Haydn2032 cycle – an initiative leading up to the 300th anniversary of Joseph Haydn's birth in 2032 which organises, produces and finances the performance and recording of all 107 of the composer's symphonies, led by conductor Giovanni Antonini and the Basel Chamber Orchestra. The new volume features three of Haydn’s symphonies, No.85, No.62 and No.50, all of which are famously connected to Queen Marie Antoinette.
