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Sarah Walker with a stirring musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Today, some uplifting carols within a setting of the magnificat by Hieronymus Praetorius, Christmas cosiness with Anne Sofie von Otter singing a song of a winter’s night, and a bright, balletic sinfonietta by Prokofiev.

At 10.30 as part of Radio 3's Light in the Darkness season Sarah explores a poem that glistens with winter light and we hear it read by Nnabiko Ejimofor, an actor new to Radio 3.

There’ll also be musical poetry about some Irish fairies, plus Sarah ends the morning with a bang and a sparkle.

A Tandem Production for 鶹Լ Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Sun 13 Dec 2020 09:00

Music Played

  • Gaspar Fernandes

    Tleycantimo choquiliya

    Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus Suite RCT 35 (1. Overture, 2. Entrée pour Guerriers, 3. Bruit de guerre)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Philippe Gaubert

    Fantaisie in F major

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Antonio Rosetti

    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major

    Performer: Anton Steck. Orchestra: Palatinate Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Moesus.
    • CPO.
  • John Rutter

    There is a flower

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Music for a Found Harmonium

    Ensemble: Patrick Street.
    • Three Score And Ten: A Voice To The People: 70 Years Of The Oldest Independent R.
    • Topic.
    • 15.
  • Leos Janáček

    Taras Bulba JW 6/15 - iii. The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
  • Kurt Weill

    Die Dreigroschenoper - 'Little Threepenny Music' arr. David Purser: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer 'Mack the Knife'

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Sinfonia in C - i. Allegro

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • The Italian Job.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • Hieronymus Praetorius

    Magnificat quinti toni with interpolated carols

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Petite symphonie for strings, arr. Rudolf Barshai - I. Allegro Moderato - très doux

    Performer: Clio Gould. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • LINN.
  • John Playford

    Paul's Steeple

    Ensemble: Les Witches.
    • OUTHERE.
  • Gregorian chant

    Hodie Christus natus est - Christmas antiphon

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • GRIFFIN.
  • Louis Vierne

    Pieces de fantaisie, Op. 54 - Carillon de Westminster

    Performer: Andrew Lucas.
    • NAXOS.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Hugh Martin

    Have yourself a merry little Christmas

    Composer: Ralph Blane. Performer: Gabriel Latchin. Performer: Josh Morrison. Singer: Dario Di Lecce.
    • ALYS JAZZ.
  • Henry Cowell

    Irish Suite - iii. The Fairy Bells

    Ensemble: Continuum. Director: Cheryl Seltzer. Director: Joel Sachs.
    • NAXOS.
  • César Franck

    6 Duos, FWV 90: No. 3 La Vierge à la crèche

    Performer: Michael How. Music Arranger: Joseph Noyon. Singer: Kavi Pau. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Uuno Klami

    Tsheremissilainen Fantasia

    Performer: Samuli Peltonen. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • ONDINE.
  • William Lawes

    Pavan (Royal Consort Sett No.7 in A minor)

    Ensemble: Les Voix humaines.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Character pieces (No.5)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson, HWV 57, Act III: Let the bright seraphim

    Performer: Simon Cox. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Dec 2020 09:00

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