Three hours of classical sparkle
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a special Train Tracks twist!
Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a special Train Tracks twist!
Today, Sarah revels in the tranquility of solo piano music with an Intermezzo by Brahms, and a Nocturne by Chopin which sounds as silky as a moonlit sky. There’s also the flutteringly virtuosic flute concerto by Cécile Chaminade, and Robert Schumann looks to the stars.
Around 11 o clock, JS Bach’s beloved cantata Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, or ‘Sleepers Awake!’ will be played in full. And Sarah reflects on Radio 3’s Train Tracks and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway with some special train-related music, and sounds from the National Railway Museum’s archive.
Plus, this week’s Choral Reflection harks back to summer…
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)
Conductor: Yondani Butt. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- WYASTONE ESTATE.
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
The White Peacock
Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic.- Naxos.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Berceuse (arr for cello & piano)
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.- Femmes.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 07.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in D major, K 382
Performer: Jenő Jandó. Orchestra: Concentus Hungaricus. Conductor: Mátyás Antal.- NAXOS.
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Frans Hoyer
Jernban-Galopp
Conductor: Mika Eichenholz. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.- Locomotiv-Musik 1: A Musical Train Ride.
- Marco-Polo.
- 1.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Ouverture-Suite in B minor, TWV 55:h4 (1st mvt, 'Ouverture')
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- harmonia mundi.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Summer Is Gone
Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.- Orchid Classics.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire, Op 21, H 101B
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturnes, Op 27 (No 2 in D flat major)
Performer: Jan Lisiecki.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Ruth Gipps
Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op 24 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos Records Limited.
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Anon.
Greensleeves to a Ground
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Ostinato.
- Alia Vox.
- 17.
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Erland Cooper
Unfolding Landscapes
Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.- ѿý recording.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Wynton Marsalis
Dining Car
Performer: Wynton Marsalis.- Big Train.
- Columbia/Sony Classical.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
7 Improvisations for organ, Op 150; IV. Allegretto
Performer: Robert Delcamp.- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Lyricist: Philipp Nicolai. Singer: Hana Blažíková. Singer: Gerd Türk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus.- BIS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op 37a (No 10, October: 'Autumn Song')
Performer: Simon Trpceski. -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 59 in A major, Hob I:59, 'Feuersinfonie' (4th mvt)
Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.- Alpha Classics.
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Robert Schumann
4 Songs for Double Choir, Op 141 (No 1, 'An die Sterne')
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- Cambridge Singers A Cappella.
- Collegium.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Selva morale e spirituale, Venetia 1640 (Psalmus 109: 'Dixit Dominus' Secondo)
Singer: Dame Emma Kirkby. Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.- Warner Classics.
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Robbie Sattin
On the Railroad
Composer: Jonathan Darley. Composer: Andrew Yates. Composer: David Robinson. Performer: The Longest Johns.- Decca (UMO).
- 00735850495538.
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Cécile Chaminade
Flute Concertino, Op 107
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.- Mozart & Flute in Paris.
- Warner Classics.
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Broadcast
- Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3