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Sarah Walker with an energising musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re joining for the first time, or you listen every week.

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

Today, violinist Nils-Erik Sparf plays a rondino by Jean Sibelius that makes his instrument fly, and Mel Bonis’s Salomé for piano trips and turns as the dance stops and starts…

Sarah also discovers a trio for flute, cello and piano by Louise Farrenc which journeys through stormy musical textures, and Hoagy Carmichael’s song ‘Little Old Lady’ is plucked and strummed with agility by guitarist Ralph Towner.

Plus, there's nostalgia, as baritone Gérard Souzay gives a beautifully dramatic rendition of a song by Reynaldo Hahn…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    5 Pieces, Op. 81 (II. Rondino)

    Performer: Nils‐Erik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Solfeggio in C minor, Wq. 117/2 (H220)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • WARNER.
  • Jonathan Roberts

    Never Seek to Tell Thy Love

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 (II. Allegretto grazioso)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • ERATO.
  • Mel Bonis

    Salomé, Op. 100

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.
    • LIGIA.
  • Emma Rawicz

    Rune

    Performer: Emma Rawicz. Performer: Scottie Thompson. Performer: Ant Law. Performer: Hugo Piper. Performer: Finn Genockey.
    • Self-released.
  • Henry Purcell

    O Sing unto the Lord, Z.44

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Singer: Peter Harvey. Singer: Christopher Purves. Singer: Julian Podger. Singer: Susan Hemington Jones. Singer: Charles Daniels. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • The All Baroque-Box: from Monteverdi to Bach.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 15.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • COLIN CURRIE RECORDS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance, Op.11

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Lyrita.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K 252 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: The Wind Concertos: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Jean‐François Dandrieu

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 (I. Allegro moderato e marcato)

    Performer: Hanneke van Proosdij.
    • MAGNATUNE.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastyme with good companye

    Performer: Michael Metzler. Ensemble: amarcord.
    • raumklang.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano in E minor, Op. 45 (I. Allegro deciso)

    Performer: Gian-Luca Petrucci. Performer: Jenő Jandó. Performer: János Devich.
    • TUDOR.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied, Op.30

    Performer: Alexander Mason. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Kadialy Kouyate

    Joyful World

    Composer: Gao Hong. Performer: Gao Hong. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.
    • ARC MUSIC.
  • Anon.

    La Spagna

    Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
  • Buddy Rich and his Big Band

    Big Swing Face

    • ATLANTIC.
  • Franz Schmidt

    Orchestral music from Notre Dame (Introduction; Intermezzo; Carnival Music)

    Orchestra: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Motets.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 15.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia (II. La Barcheta)

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Gérard Souzay.
    • BNF.
  • Enrique Granados

    Danza Gitana

    Orchestra: Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and National Orchestra of Catalonia. Conductor: Pablo González.
    • NAXOS.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No.2 in D major (III. Notturno)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • DECCA.
  • John Taverner

    Kyrie 'Leroy'

    Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • DACAPO.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Little Old Lady

    Performer: Ralph Towner.
    • ECM.
  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • ARABESQUE.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Yo Soy Maria (Maria de Buenos Aires)

    Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Claudio Constantini.
    • Alpha.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) TWV 55:a2 in A minor (V. Réjouissance)

    Performer: Maurice Steger. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (III. Rondo. Allegro)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Jun 2023 09:00