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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you're relaxing at home or on your way to meet friends

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, including the colourful and descriptive Hary Janos Suite by Zoltán Kodály, and Brahms’ Saint Anthony Variations.

Sarah's Choral Reflection is Thomas Tomkins' intense and emotional madrigal "When David Heard", and she picks music by Chopin, Mozart and Grieg; as well as a new release of George Butterworth from Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

Plus, a chance to hear a stunning recording of Schubert's Fifth Symphony in full...

3 hours

Last on

Sun 5 Oct 2025 09:00

Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Valse lente

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Les nuits de Paris.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 13 in F major, K 112

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: The Symphonies.
    • Telarc.
    • 61-64.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Wild Swans Concert Suite (No 9, 'Eliza and the Prince')

    Conductor: Ola Rudner. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Wild Swans.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 9.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in E major Op.10 no.3

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53, B 108 (3rd mvt, Finale)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Orchestra: Camerata Bern.
    • CAvi-music.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No 29 in G major, No 5 Op 33, Hob III:41 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Kodály Quartet.
    • Naxos.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    When David Heard

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Poetry in Music.
    • CORO.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sarabande (Pour le piano)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (1st mvt, Overture)

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Arvo Pärt

    The Deer's Cry

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 2.
  • Amy Beach

    By the Still Waters, Op 114 (arr for 2 guitars)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Hamlet: In the Garden (Music from the Film)

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn, 'St Anthony Variations'

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Radiance for Cello & Orchestra

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Conductor: Anna Rakitina. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 14.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485

    Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Believe International.
  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart, Op 6 No 6

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Kodály Zoltán

    Háry János Suite

    Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango (Arr. Milone for Trumpet and Orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Julian Milone. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • The Sound of Piazzolla.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Paul Mealor

    Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal (Four Madrigals On Rose Texts)

    Performer: Paul Mealor. Lyricist: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Paul Mealor: A Tender Light: Tenebrae/RPO/Short.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Oct 2025 09:00