
Your perfect Sunday soundtrack
Join Sarah Walker for three hours of classical masterpieces, perfect for a peaceful start to your day.
Sarah Walker brings you three hours of classical music to reflect, restore, and refresh.
Today, Sarah Walker whips up a diverse musical spread, from 16th and 17th century masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Thomas Tallis, to comforting and glorious romantic music by Robert Schumann, Georges Bizet and Dora Pejacevic.
There are also tracks from some of the brightest musical talents in the classical scene today including a warm and lyrical choral work by Kerensa Briggs and a serene folk-inspired track by cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin and his band the Danish String Quartet.
Plus, a light music classic which was used as the theme tune for the ѿý series The Secret Garden…
A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto [fragment] in D major BWV.1045
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.- harmonia mundi.
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Oliver Davis
Pieces of Wood III
Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Conductor: Julian Kershaw. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Signum Records.
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Béla Bartók
3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csìk, Sz 35a (1st mvt)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- From Afar.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 5.
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Ronald Binge
The Watermill
Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Marco-Polo.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Requiem Mass, 1605 (Sanctus and Benedictus)
Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Signum Records.
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Georges Bizet
L' Arlesienne - suite no. 1
Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González.- Naxos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E flat major, K 474
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 2 in B flat major, D 125 (1st mvt)
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Tri Nguyen
Song of the Blackbird
Performer: Tri Nguyen. Performer: Buynta Goryaeva. Performer: Iryna Topolnitska. Performer: Caroline Berry.- The Art of the Vietnamese Zither.
- ARC.
- 3.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (1st mvt)
Performer: Mark Bennett. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Conductor: Monica Huggett. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Jacques Ibert
3 Pièces brèves (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- Les Vents Français - Music for Wind Ensemble.
- Warner Classics International.
- 3.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz No 19 in A minor, KK IVb (version for harp in A flat minor)
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Chopin: Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
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Maurice Ravel
Violin Sonata No 2 in G major, M 77 (2nd mvt, 'Blues')
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.- Warner Classics International.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- harmonia mundi.
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Aileen Sweeney
Views from the M9
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. -
Robert Schumann
Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op 134
Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.- Schumann.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Billy Strayhorn
Isfahan
Composer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Peter Walden. Performer: Bobby Watson. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- American Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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George Frideric Handel
Minuet in G
Performer: Anne Queffélec. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff. -
Gustav Holst
The Planets Suite, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter')
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Kerensa Briggs
A Tender Shoot
Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- A Pembroke Christmas.
- Signum Records.
- 7.
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Dora Pejačević
Violin Sonata in D major, Op 26 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Andrej Bielow. Performer: Oliver Triendl.- CPO.
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Paul Dukas
Polyeucte
Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Alfred Grünfeld
Kleine Serenade
Music Arranger: Nicholas Hersh. Conductor: Daniel Grossmann. Orchestra: Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich.- Onyx Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (1st mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- SONY.
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Edward Elgar
Starlight Express: Dawn Song
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Fredrik Sjølin
Naja's Waltz
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- Last Leaf.
- ECM New Series.
- 11.
Broadcast
- Sun 4 May 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3