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Sarah Walker with a restorative musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you're on the sofa or in the park.

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

Today Sarah reveals three very different faces of baroque music - a rousing chorus by Handel, an exploratory organ fantasy by JS Bach and a perky recorder sonata by Benedetto Marcello. She also discovers music by Arnold Bax which tells the story of a walk in a haunted woodland, and enjoys a dreamy piece by saxophonist John Harle.

Plus, we join Gershwin as he takes his dog for a walk...

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Gabriele Usper

    Sonata a 4

    Performer: Gawain Glenton. Ensemble: Illyria Consort. Director: Bojan Čičić.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les cloches de Geneve (Années de pèlerinage, 1st year 'Switzerland', No. 9)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Enescu

    2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11 (No. 1 in A major)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • BR KLASSIK.
  • Rory Campbell

    Tangasdale Beach

    • LOCHSHORE.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No. 24 (24 Caprices for Violin, Op. 1)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • DECCA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Gird on thy sword, thou man of might: Chorus of Israelites (Saul, HWV 53)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in G, BWV 572

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • DG.
  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for violin and piano (No. 1, Nocturne)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 3)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.
  • Darius Milhaud

    La Cheminée du roi René, Op. 205

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • George Gershwin

    Promenade [Walking the Dog]

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SONY.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/19 (III. Presto)

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • DG.
  • Arnold Bax

    Nympholept

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • NAXOS.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Maria, mater gratiae

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (II. Scherzo. Tempo di menuetto)

    Ensemble: Swiss Piano Trio.
    • AUDITE.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Fantasie & Variations on a Cavatina from Beatrice di Tenda by Bellini

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Benedetto Marcello

    Sonata in D minor, Op. 2, No. 2

    Performer: Dan Laurin. Ensemble: Parnassus Avenue.
    • BIS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op. 20 (I. Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco)

    Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
    • DELOS.
  • John Foulds

    Indian Suite (I. Bhavanutha: A Joyful Song to Shri Rāma - Moderato gioiso)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • DUTTON.
  • John Harle

    The Interpretation of Dreams

    Singer: Sarah Leonard. Performer: John Harle. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Sospiro Noir.
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Polonaise in F minor

    Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Jiri Slavik

    My London Past

    Performer: Jiri Slavik. Performer: Liam Noble. Performer: Paul Clarvis.
    • BIVAK RECORDS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 7 in C major, 'Le Midi'

    Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Ward.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Apr 2023 09:00