Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. Delius: A Song of Summer. Schumann: Carnaval. Toye: The Haunted Ballroom. Vaughan Williams: The Wasps.
Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week a selection of music inspired by the warming sun, Handel Oratorios; recordings by Vernon Handley.
Today's highlights include Let the bright Seraphim from Handel's Solomon, Delius' Song of Summer and Vaughan Williams' Wasps from Vernon Handley, and some ghostly goings-on in our Group of 3 and Thursday Light Music.
10.00
Handel
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jaime Laredo (conductor)
IMP PCD 2001
10.03
Delius
A Song of Summer
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2072
10.13
Pacoloni
Pasemezzo, Saltarello, Padoana di Zorzi
I Fagiolini
Robert Hollingworth (director)
CHANDOS CHAN0665
10.16
Schumann
Carnaval, Op.9
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
PHILIPS 442 777-2
10.51
Toye
The Haunted Ballroom
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDS44261/4
11.00
Group of 3: The Supernatural
Grieg arr. Achron - Puck, Op.71 No.3
Bolcom - Graceful Ghost
Mendelssohn - Hexenlied, Op.8 No.8
Gil Shaham (violin)
Jonathan Feldman (piano)
DG 463 483-2
11.12
Vaughan Williams
The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI CD-EMX9508
11.40
Bax
The Happy Forest
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10446
11.46
Handel
Let the bright Seraphim (Samson)
Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16062.
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