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Sarah Walker with a far-reaching musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re having a lie-in or preparing for a summer barbecue.

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

Today, Sarah explores contrasting and defining rhythms, from the orchestral declamations in the first movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, to the stomping beat of a sea shanty, and the jazz-flecked, shifting tempos of Steve Reich.

She also discovers a recording of a Chopin song sung and played on the piano by Chelsea Guo, and Charlie Chaplin’s skill for writing melodies comes through in a distinctive arrangement of his track ‘Smile’ for double bass and piano.

Plus, Francois Devienne’s lively Flute Concerto in E minor spins like a summer breeze…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Gabriel Pierné

    Canzonetta, Op. 19

    Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Performer: Scott Mitchell.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Music Arranger: Vincent Paulet. Orchestra: Ensemble K. Conductor: Simone Menezes.
    • ACCENTUS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata da chiesa a tre, Op. 1, No. 1 in F major

    Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Allegro for brass septet

    Ensemble: Finnish Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • ALBA.
  • François Devienne

    Flute Concerto No. 7 in E minor

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Piano Sonatina

    Performer: Iyad Sughayer.
    • BIS.
  • The Longest Johns

    Johnny Come Down to Hilo

    • DECCA.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prelude (10 Pieces, Op. 12, No. 7)

    Performer: Grace Cloutier.
    • DELOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 136, 'Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz'

    Singer: Bogna Bartosz. Singer: Gerd Türk. Singer: Klaus Mertens. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile (Modern Times)

    Performer: David Desimpelaere. Performer: Erik Desimpelaere.
    • DYNAMIC.
  • George Gershwin

    S'Wonderful. Liltingly (Song Book)

    Performer: Frank Braley.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (IV. Allegro molto vivace)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • ERATO.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (I. Poco sostenuto - vivace)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Steve Reich

    Quartet (III. Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    Nunc dimittis

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Moja pieszczotka (Polish Songs, Op. 74 No. 12)

    Performer: Chelsea Guo.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Saugefleurie, légende d'après un conte de Robert de Bonnières, Op. 21

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Adriano Banchieri

    Canticle: Magnificat

    Singer: Faye Newton. Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Ensemble: Gonzaga Band. Director: Jamie Savan.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Buddy Bregman Orchestra

    With a Song in my Heart

    • VERVE.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat major, Op. 44

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • DECCA.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Suite in B minor (III. Romance; IV. Scherzo)

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • CPO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute, K620)

    Performer: Florian Deuter. Performer: Mónica Waisman.
    • ACCENT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Du feines Täubchen, nur herein (The Magic Flute, K620)

    Performer: Florian Deuter. Performer: Mónica Waisman.
    • ACCENT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (The Magic Flute, K620)

    Performer: Florian Deuter. Performer: Mónica Waisman.
    • ACCENT.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano trio in B major, No. 1, Op. 8 (IV. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Jul 2022 09:00