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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…

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Yondani Butt. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • WYASTONE ESTATE.
  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The White Peacock

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse (arr for cello & piano)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Femmes.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 07.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major, K 382

    Performer: Jenő Jandó. Orchestra: Concentus Hungaricus. Conductor: Mátyás Antal.
    • NAXOS.
  • Frans Hoyer

    Jernban-Galopp

    Conductor: Mika Eichenholz. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Locomotiv-Musik 1: A Musical Train Ride.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summer Is Gone

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire, Op 21, H 101B

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op 27 (No 2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • 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.
  • Anon.

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Ostinato.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 17.
  • Erland Cooper

    Unfolding Landscapes

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • ѿý recording.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Dining Car

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Big Train.
    • Columbia/Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    7 Improvisations for organ, Op 150; IV. Allegretto

    Performer: Robert Delcamp.
    • Naxos.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Robbie Sattin

    On the Railroad

    Composer: Jonathan Darley. Composer: Andrew Yates. Composer: David Robinson. Performer: The Longest Johns.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 00735850495538.
    • 4.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Flute Concertino, Op 107

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00