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Sarah Walker with an inspiring musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah takes us on a musical journey to Poland, through Naples and then to Sweden for a wedding. She time-travels too, with a recording of the tenor Jussi Björling from 1937.

She also reflects on the work of conductor and composer Hilary Campbell, and plays her spine-tingling ‘Song of the Dane Woman’.

Plus sumptuous sounds from Tony Bennett and Bill Evans revealing the hopefulness of spring.

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Felice Anerio

    Salve Regina

    Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • CORO.
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Pavana alla Venetiana

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Alla Venetiana.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1--3.
  • François Couperin

    Les baricades misterieuses

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Ensemble: The Composers Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • EMI.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Overture: I traci amanti

    Conductor: Patrick Gallois. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata for Viola and Piano Op 120/2 in E flat major

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann.
    • MYRIOS.
  • The Gigspanner Big Band

    Haul on the Bowline

  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Serenades Op.69 (no.1 in D major)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Performer: Jussi Björling. Conductor: Nils Grevillius.
    • WARNER.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 No 12, 'La Folia'

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Hilary Campbell

    Song of the Dane Women

    Singer: Ellie Martin. Choir: Blossom Street.
    • NAXOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in C minor, D.703 'Quartettsatz'

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Eric Coates

    London Everyday: ii. Westminster (Meditation)

    Performer: Daniel Cook.
    • PRIORY.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No. 11 in F major - V - Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Debashish Bhattacharya

    Aanandam

    Performer: Debashish Bhattacharya.
    • RIVERBOAT RECORDS.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Tierkreis: XI: Sagittarius

    Performer: Jean-Philippe Vivier. Performer: Tamayo Ikeda.
    • SOLSTICE.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Souvenirs, Op. 62

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • NAXOS.
  • Michel Legrand

    You must believe in Spring

    Performer: Bill Evans. Singer: Tony Bennett.
    • UMC.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Bilagers musiquen (Royal Wedding music)

    Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Brass Ensemble.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Air des esprits infernaux (Zoroastre Suite)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Baroque Suites: European Union Baroque Orchestra/Mortensen.
    • Classical Communications.
    • 7-8.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Apr 2020 09:00