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Sarah Walker with a rousing 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.

Today, Sarah explores contrasting solo instrumental textures, from intricate passages for bassoon in a concerto by Vivaldi, to the balladic saxophone in Dave Brubeck’s Softly, William, Softly, and the soft metallic sound of the medieval psaltery played by Andrew Lawrence-King.

She also discovers the characterful combination of vibraphone, flute and clarinet in Of Stars and Birds by Nardi Simpson.

Plus, an uplifting hymn with a tune by Herbert Howells that came to him while he was eating his breakfast…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Joan Trimble

    Puck Fair

    Performer: Roy Holmes. Performer: Una Hunt.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • Stefano Landi

    Sinfonia

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Stefano Landi

    Augellin

    Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.
    • DG.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34 (I. Allegro energico)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • BIS.
  • Anon.

    Quant voi la flor nouvele

    Singer: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 473

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: L’Onda Armonica.
    • NAIVE.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op. 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DECCA.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Melody, Op.20 No.1

    Performer: Han‐na Chang. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.
  • Nico Samitz

    Deep Energy

    Ensemble: Trio 21meter60.
    • GENUIN.
  • Thomas Arne

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in G minor

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: English Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Nardi Simpson

    Of Stars and Birds

    Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • Women of Note Vol 3.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 5 (Skocná)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • SONY.
  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen, Op. 82 (VII. Vogel als prophet)

    Performer: Tom Poster.
    • EDITION CLASSICS.
  • Toumani Diabate & Ballake Sissoko & Fassely Diabate

    Koungo

    • LABEL BLEU.
  • Marianna Martines

    Perché, se tanti siete (Berenice, ah che fai?)

    Singer: Núria Rial. Orchestra: La Floridiana. Conductor: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Martines: Il Primo amore.
    • DHM.
    • 17.
  • Béla Bartók

    Piano Concerto No. 3 (III. Allegro vivace)

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 6 in A major

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet

    Softly, William, Softly

    • SONY.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusine, Op. 32 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.13

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Madrigal for 2 Guitars & Orchestra (I. Fanfare)

    Performer: Katona Twins. Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Madrigal for 2 Guitars & Orchestra (II. Madrigal)

    Performer: Katona Twins. Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Madrigal for 2 Guitars & Orchestra (III. Entrada)

    Performer: Katona Twins. Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Herbert Howells

    All my Hope on God is Founded

    Performer: Benjamin Bayl. Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Choir: Wallace Collection. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 09:00