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Sarah Walker with a sparkling musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re sheltering inside from the rain or enjoying some October sunshine.

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

Today, there are floating woodwind melodies from Frederick Delius’s opera Fennimore and Gerda, rousing harmonies in Thomas Tallis’s Remember not, O Lord God, and Angela Hewitt allows a journey to unfold on the piano via one of JS Bach’s fugues.

There’s also agile singing from tenor Juan Diego Florez, and delicate guitar music in a piece by Toru Takemitsu.

Plus, a lullaby for a cello and piano based on an ancient Viking melody…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Edward MacDowell

    To A Wild Rose

    Music Arranger: Leroy Anderson. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.
  • Anonymous

    Tarentella 'La vallubrella'

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • APARTE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284 'Dürnitz' (II. Rondeau en Polonaise)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Rouet d'Omphale

    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • PROSPERO CLASSICAL.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot' (Cantata BWV 39)

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • ERATO.
  • Tunde Jegede & Derek Gripper

    Where Rivers Meet

    • SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE.
  • François Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Chocs ou Les Maillotins (Troisième livre de pieces de Clavecin)

    Performer: Philippe Thuriot. Music Arranger: Philippe Thuriot.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (II. Adagio)

    Performer: Göran Söllscher. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1, Hob. III: 75 (III. Minuet - Presto)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32 (IV. Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER.
  • Michael Harrison

    The Acoustic Constellation (Just Constellations, No. 4)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • NEW AMSTERDAM.
  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer, Z. 570 (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Saint Nicolas (II. The Birth of Nicolas)

    Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Singer: Tom Pickard. Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Kennedy.
    • KINGS COLLEGE.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Cup

    Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • RUBICON.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Song for Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 12

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SONY.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Remember not, O Lord God

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op. 28 No. 15, 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • ERATO.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Bandoneon

    Performer: Cesare Chiacchiaretta. Performer: Giampaolo Bandini.
    • DOTGUITAR.IT.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 (III. Scherzo)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gabríel Ólafs

    Salmur

    Performer: Gabríel Ólafs. Performer: Steiney Sigurdardottir.
    • DECCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental music (VII. Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.
  • Anders Koppel

    P.S. to a Concerto

    Performer: Marianna Bednarska.
    • DACAPO.
  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Reverie

    Performer: Dominik Wagner. Performer: Can Çakmur.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 3 violins in F major

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • John Stevens

    Adagio for 8 Pt. Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble

    Ensemble: Melton Tuba Quartet. Ensemble: Duisburger Philharmoniker. Conductor: Carl St. Clair.
    • ACOUSENCE.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

    In the Hothouse (2 Piano Pieces, KSS 17, No. 1)

    Performer: Michael Habermann.
    • NAXOS.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Violin Concerto no. 4 in D minor Op.31 (Scherzo - trio)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Violin Concertos: Mozart 5 / Vieuxtemps 4.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Frederick Delius

    Intermezzo (Fennimore and Gerda)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Oct 2023 09:00