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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re here for the first time or every week with your morning cuppa.

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

Today, Sarah is in Bristol for an exciting weekend of ѿý Proms. This week’s Choral Reflection celebrates the Danish National Vocal Ensemble’s performance in the city with their recording of Esti Dal or ‘Evening Song’ by Zoltán Kodály.

Sarah’s choices also include a stripped back track by Elisabeth Lutyens (known for her horror film scores), and Camille Saint-Saëns’ dance for the devil! There’s less scary music too, with a floating bagatelle by Gerald Finzi, and a pianistic extravaganza by Mozart.

Plus, Sarah sits back to enjoy one of the most loved concertos for guitar…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

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Sun 24 Aug 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 2, GB 121b (4th mvt, 'Farandole')

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Dance!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Frederick Delius

    North Country Sketches, RT VI/20 (1st mvt, Autumn. The Wind Soughs in the Trees)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Trad.

    The Unst Boat Song

    Performer: Patrick Rimes. Performer: Archie Churchill-Moss. Music Arranger: Patrick Rimes. Music Arranger: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Sea Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No 5 in G Minor, Hob XV:1 (2nd mvt, Menuetto)

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Federico Toffano. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Symphony No 1 in C major (4th mvt, Finale. Allegro molto)

    Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hermann Bäumer.
    • CPO.
  • Kodály Zoltán

    Esti Dal, K 110 (Evening Song)

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • OUR RECORDINGS.
  • Trad.

    Lisa Lan (arr. Alis Huws for harp)

    Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Alis Huws.
    • Quiet Sunlit Mornings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 2.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 4, 'Forlana')

    Performer: Richard Stoltzman. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Conductor: Robert Salter. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 Op 56, 'Scottish' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
    • Alpha Classics.
  • Leveret

    Filberts

    • LEVERET MUSIC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 7 for 3 Pianos in F major, K 242, 'Lodron'

    Performer: Karin Kei Nagano. Performer: Mari Kodama. Performer: Momo Kodama. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Pentatone.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op.11

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Paganini for Two: Gil Shaham/Goran Sollscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 22.
  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Points (5th mvt, Earth)

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Rachel Portman: Tipping Points.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South, Op.388

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto in F minor, transc. Lafosse from oboe concerto in G minor, HWV 287

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Richard Uttley.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Elisabeth Lutyens

    Barcarolle

    Composer: Elisabeth Lutyens. Performer: Martin Jones. Performer: Martin Jones.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 2, IRV 41, 'A London Symphony' (3rd mvt, Nocturne)

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre, Op 40

    Performer: David Nadien. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madam Butterfly; Humming Chorus

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: Madama Butterfly.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Les feuilles mortes

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Al Cherry. Orchestra: Guy Barker Orchestra. Conductor: Guy Barker.
    • Magic Trumpet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus sapientiae

    Singer: Kirsteen Rogers. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 Novelletten, Op 52 (No 2)

    Conductor: Vladislav Czarnecki. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim.
    • EBS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Aug 2025 09:00