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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, after the highs of last night’s Proms finale!

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, after the highs of last night’s triumphant Proms finale!

Sarah shares music by some of her favourite artists from this year’s Proms season, and reflects on the Last Night of the Proms. Her choices today include a range of music chosen to help revitalise you, including Haydn’s bubbly Trumpet Concerto, a luscious movement from a symphony by Rachmaninoff, and the opening of Beethoven’s mighty ‘Emperor’ Concerto. And today’s Choral Reflection takes her back to a spine tingling Prom from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

Plus, devilish music from a landmark new release reissuing a classic recording from David Oistrakh…
A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Circumstance, Op 39 (March No 4 in G major)

    Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Abendserenade

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Oehms Classics.
  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes (4th mvt, 'Whippoorwill's Shoes')

    Conductor: John Jeter. Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony.
    • Naxos.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Berliner Messe (Veni Sancte Spiritus)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major, Op 98b (4th mvt, Andante)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob VIIe:1

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Blumenleben, Op 19 (No 2, 'Veilchen' [Violet])

    Performer: Nataša Veljković.
    • CPO.
  • Percy Whitlock

    Wessex Suite (The Blue Pool)

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Marco-Polo.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Romances sans paroles, Op 17 (No 3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Kun Woo Paik.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Krišs Russman. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op 13 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Lucy Walker

    Give Me Your Stars

    Composer: Sara Teasdale. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 3 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for Flute, Oboe & Piano (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Vasara (Summer)

    Lyricist: Leons Briedis. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Ondine.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor, 'Devil's Trill' (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Vladimir Yampolsky. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Tony Finno. Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the Bee Sucks

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No 19 in G minor, Op 49 No 1

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet.
    • Melomania.
    • Trouba disc.
    • 001.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No 3 in E flat major, Op 45, 'National Hollandais' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

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