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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Linton Stephens with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re brewing a cup of tea, or travelling to visit friends or family.

Linton Stephens, sitting in for Sarah Walker, with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

Today Linton’s playlist includes music for a delightful range of instruments - there’s Paganini on marimba, a harmonica joining forces with a string quartet, and Vivaldi’s famous mandolin concerto.

There are also soaring melodies from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Mozart to welcome the first days of Spring, intricate and sparkling piano music by Germaine Tailleferre, and a new release from viola player Timothy Ridout.

Plus, two very different soprano voices soar over lush orchestration…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 23 Mar 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto In E Flat major (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 1.
  • José White Lafitte

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Aaron Rosand. Conductor: Paul Freeman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No 24 in A minor arr for marimba (Caprices for Solo Violin, Op 1)

    Performer: Adélaïde Ferrière. Music Arranger: Adélaïde Ferrière.
    • Evidence (LTR).
  • Dorothy Howell

    Humoresque

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.
  • Max Richter

    A Catalogue of Afternoons

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • The Blue Notebooks (15 Years).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    The Water of Tyne

    Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp, K 299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 25.
  • Pauline Viardot

    2 Pieces for Piano (No 2, Sérénade)

    Performer: David Kadouch.
    • Les musiques de Madame Bovary.
    • Mirare.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia No 1 in B flat major, TWV 40:14 (arr for solo viola)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Music Arranger: Timothy Ridout.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (Presto)

    Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Tony Kinsey

    Quintet for Harmonica & String Quartet, 'Reflections' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gianluca Littera. Ensemble: Quartetto Energie Nove.
    • A Breath Between the Strings.
    • Dynamic.
    • 113.
  • Franz Krommer

    Sinfonia Concertante in D major, Op 80 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Brigitte Buxtorf. Performer: Frederic Rapin. Performer: Jakub Cernohorsky. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Budweis Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Christophorus.
  • Celedonio Romero

    Verano Porteno

    Performer: Heike Matthiesen.
    • Tyrolis.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo fantastique, Op 3, K5

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria, FP 144 (1st mvt, 'Gloria')

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Conductor: John Oliver. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Joe Hisaishi

    Princess Mononoke

    Lyricist: Hayao Miyazaki. Singer: Grace Davidson. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin. Conductor: Satoshi Kubo. Choir: The Bach Choir.
    • Universal Music LLC.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Notturno in D minor for violin and piano, Op 48

    Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Jutta Ernst.
    • CPO.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Pascal Rogé. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Francisco Mignone

    Pattapiada

    Performer: John McDougall.
    • Luminate Records.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale Inca

    Performer: Cristina Ariagno.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2, 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs (No 3, 'When Falling Asleep')

    Lyricist: Hermann Hesse. Singer: Jessye Norman. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in A minor, No 2 Op 34

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.
  • Fiona Monbet

    Joy Song

    Performer: Fiona Monbet.
    • Fo Feo Productions.
  • John Taverner

    The Lamb

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Day One (Theme from Interstellar)

    Conductor: Hans Zimmer.
    • Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition].
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 4.
  • William Levi Dawson

    Folk Symphony (2nd mvt, 'Hope in the Night')

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Mar 2025 09:00