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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re making breakfast or outside enjoying some early autumn sun.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

Today Sarah discovers gentleness in the meditative choral music of Palestrina, and the cascading harp patterns of Lynn Palmer’s ‘Classical Suite’. And there’s music to awaken the senses, with a flamboyant performance of a Chopin impromptu, and the strident brass of Girolamo Frescobaldi’s ‘Toccata’.

There’s a wistful mood in the air too, as Richard Rodney Bennett injects a beautiful piano duet with syncopated samba rhythms, and Veronique Gens sings Fauré’s first published song about a flower’s unrequited love.

Plus, Dvorak takes us to the Carnival…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 29 Sep 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No. 2 in G Major, K. 285a (II. Tempo di menuetto)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1 - 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: V. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Toccata

    Music Arranger: Frederic Mills. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • The Pachelbel Canon - The Canadian Brass Plays Great Baroque Music.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance, Op.22 no.3

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Brahms/Schumann: Jennifer Pike/Tom Poster.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Saugefleurie, Op. 21

    Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester.
    • d'Indy: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Bobby McFerrin

    The 23rd Psalm

    Choir: Charter Choir of ѿýrton College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Trocmé-Latter.
    • CONVIVIUM.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Mandolin Concerto in G Major (III. Rondo)

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Mandolin on Stage.
    • Arcana.
    • 3.
  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Orchestra: Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • CBC.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens (Handkerchief Dance) - Arr. for Piano Duet

    Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Sisters.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 13.
  • Mademoiselle Laurnt

    Le Concert: Premier air

    Performer: Louise Ayrton. Performer: Marta Páramo.
    • ALPHA.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture, Op. 92

    Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Dvorak (The Very Best Of).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:33 (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Emanuel Ax Plays Haydn.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple symphony Op.4 (Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten conducts Britten Vol.4.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Three Parts Upon a Ground, Z. 731

    Ensemble: Taverner Players. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • A Baroque Festival.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Amy Beach

    3 Movements for Piano Four-Hands: No. 3, Allegro con fuoco

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 203.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite, L. 65: No.1, En bateau (Orch. Henri Busser)

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • The Sea in Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    2 Mélodies, Op.1 (No.1, Le papillon et la fleur)

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Véronique Gens.
    • Nuit d'étoiles - Mélodies françaises.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei I & II

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMMELL.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV1069 (IV. Menuets I & II)

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite: I. Prelude

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.
    • Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Singer: Margaret Feaviour. Singer: Amanda Morrison. Singer: Michaela Haslam. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • MacMillan -The Birds of Rhiannon.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Chopin Evocations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 33.
  • Ignace Joseph Pleyel

    Partita ex Dis in E-Flat Major (II. Allegretto)

    Ensemble: Amphion Wind Octet.
    • Accent.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the steppes of central Asia

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Thomas Morley

    I love, alas, I love thee

    Ensemble: amarcord.
    • The Book of Madrigals.
    • Raumklang.
    • 12.
  • Eric Coates

    Dam Busters March

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Four Piece Suite: Samba Triste

    Ensemble: David Nettle & Richard Markham.
    • Scenes from West Side Story (Two Pianos).
    • Guild Music.
    • 11.
  • Lynn Palmer

    Classical Suite (IV. Courante)

    • Harp Showpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • François-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony in D Major, Op.5, No.3 "Pastorella"

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    3 movements from The Firebird Suite (arranged by Guido Agosti)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Performer: Andrés Cárdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Sep 2024 09:00