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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re making breakfast, doing a spot of gardening or settling down with a crossword.

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

Today, Sarah shares an ancient Estampie, based on the music of the 12th century troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, and a work by Tchaikovsky written for a good cause.

She’ll also feature the opening movement of Alice Mary Smith’s Symphony in C minor, and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto featuring Martin Frost on the basset clarinet. And we’ll hear one of Prokofiev’s most celebrated melodies, from the 2nd movement of his Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor.

Plus, Sarah looks forward to the summer with music from Rebecca Clarke...

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 25 May 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Catherine Mackintosh. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Warner Classics.
  • George Butterworth

    2 English Idylls (No 1)

    Conductor: Krišs Russman. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Director: Martin Frost.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Hubert Parry

    My soul, there is a country (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum Records.
  • William Grant Still

    Three Visions (2nd mvt, 'Summerland')

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major, M 35 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in F major, Op 56, No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • Danzi: Wind Quintets, Vol 2.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto No 6 Op 4 in G minor, RV 316a, 'La stravaganza', arr for piccolo trumpet & baroque orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo, SV 318 (Act 5: Sinfonie & Moresca)

    Performer: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • Monteverdi: Teatro d'amore.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • John Rutter

    Suite Antique (6th mvt, 'Rondeau')

    Performer: John McMurtery. Performer: Christopher D. Lewis. Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Orchestra: West Side Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane in F sharp minor, Op 50

    Performer: Radek Baborák. Orchestra: Radek Baborak Orquestrina.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Rakhi Singh

    There is nothing in the sky

    Performer: Rakhi Singh. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Naomi Woo.
  • Franz Liszt

    Grandes études de Paganini, S 141 (No 3 in G sharp minor, 'La campanella')

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Influences.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Smith: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 301.
  • John Field

    Rondo. Allegro (Piano concerto No.5 in C major, H.39 'L'incendie par l'orage')

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Haslam.
    • Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes & Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 16.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche slave, Op 31, TH 45, 'Marche Slave'

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Rihards Dubra

    Ave Maria 1

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (arr for piano 4 hands)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir. Music Arranger: György Kurtág.
    • Continuum.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Jakob Lehmann.
    • Alpha Classics.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    June Twilight

    Performer: Nathan Williamson. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol 1.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    8 Slavonic Dances, Op 46, B 83 (No 3 in A flat major)

    Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Jacobus Gallus

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite (2nd mvt, 'Scene d'amour')

    Conductor: John Mauceri. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Music for Alfred Hitchcock.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 2.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Clementi: Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 33 No. 2: II. Presto

    • Clementi: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (2nd mvt: Andante assai)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 May 2025 09:00