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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.
Today, Sarah shares glorious melodies from Schubert, Bruch and Vaughan Williams, music from the first symphony known to be written by a British woman, and a Haydn string quartet that’s full of musical mastery and innovation.
There’s also a crazily virtuosic little ‘Canzon’ by Matthias Weckmann, and the theme music to a much loved TV detective show.
Plus, a piece named after a picturesque Icelandic bay…
Also including ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, it’s 2004, and Jasdeep Singh Degun’s piece, Abbha, is a tribute to his teacher Ustad Vilayat Khan who passed away that year.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de Matin, No 2 Op 15
Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Gavottes for the Hours and the Zephyrs (Les Boréades: Act IV)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre.- Archiv Produktion.
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Jean Langlais
Ave Maria
Performer: Rupert Gough. Singer: Sarah Fox.- Priory Records Ltd.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Arabesque in Twilight (Pleiades Dances: No 5)
Performer: Kyoko Tabe.- Denon.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)
Conductor: Yondani Butt. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Nimbus.
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Harry Burleigh
Southland Sketches arr for wind quintet (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.- An American Rhapsody.
- PENTATONE.
- 6.
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Alice Mary Smith
Symphony in C minor (4th mvt)
Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Chandos.
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Modest Mussorgsky
The Old Castle (Pictures from an Exhibition)
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concert Rondo in E flat major K 371
Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo.
- I.M.P..
- 12.
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A major No 3 Op 41 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.- MIRARE.
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Max Bruch
Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor, Op 88 (2nd mvt)
Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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William Byrd
Cibavit Eos
Conductor: Rupert Gough. Choir: The Choir of Royal Holloway.- Signum Records.
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Matthias Weckmann
Canzon in D minor
Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.- The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music.
- AVIE Records.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major No 1 Op 76 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Wigmore Hall Live.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Act 1, No 7: Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen)
Lyricist: Emanuel Schikaneder. Singer: Ruth Ziesak. Singer: Michael Kraus. Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Variations on 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen', WoO 46
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Jasdeep Singh Degun
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John Field
Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major (2nd mvt, 'Air ecossais, ’Twas within a mile of Edinburo’ Town')
Performer: Míċeál O'Rourke. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- Chandos.
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Fljótavík (arr for ensemble)
Composer: Georg Hólm. Composer: Kjartan Sveinsson. Composer: Orri Páll Dýrason. Lyricist: óԲ. Lyricist: Georg Hólm. Lyricist: Kjartan Sveinsson. Lyricist: Orri Páll Dýrason. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Ensemble: VOCES8.- Nightfall.
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
- 2.
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Agatha Backer-Grondahl
Etude No 3 in D minor (3 Etudes for Piano, Op 22)
Performer: Geir Henning Braaten.- BIS.
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Jean Sibelius
Pan and Echo
Orchestra: Kuopion kaupunginorkesteri. Conductor: Shuntaro Sato.- FINLANDIA.
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere mei Deus
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum Records.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
L'Amant anonyme (Overture)
Conductor: Craig Trompeter. Orchestra: Haymarket Opera Company.- Cedille.
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Barrington Pheloung
Inspector Morse Theme
Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.- Virgin Catalogue.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle Concerts Society.
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Bryce Dessner
Song for Octave
Performer: James McVinnie.- Dreamcatcher.
- Pentatone.
- 12.
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George Frideric Handel
Improvisation on Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Music Arranger: Duran & Turri. Performer: L’Arpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar.- Erato.
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Stephan Moccio
Fracture (Version for Harp)
Performer: Alis Huws.- Long Nights and Starry Skies.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Charles Martin Loeffler
Octet for two clarinets, harp, two violins, viola, cello & double bass (1st mvt)
Performer: David Shifrin. Performer: Graeme Steele Johnson. Performer: Bridget Kibbey. Performer: Siwoo Kim. Performer: Stella Chen. Performer: Matthew Lipman. Performer: Samuel DeCaprio. Performer: Sam Suggs.- Forgotten Sounds.
- Delos.
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Broadcast
- Sun 23 Feb 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3