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A transporting Sunday classical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re out on the road or keeping cosy at home.

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

Today, Spanish composer Federico Mompou is featured in a dynamic performance from Sean Shibe, Sarah shares an enchanting choral psalm setting by British composer Lucy Walker, and Madeleine Dring is performed with joie de vivre by the ensemble Festival Scherzo.

And while Aaron Copland’s take on The Taming of the Shrew offers a view of America’s Great Plains, Vernon Ellis snatches a glimpse of the British countryside from the comfort of a famous steam train.

Plus, Schubert sung in Portuguese…

A Tandem Production for 鶹Լ Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 12 May 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner (III. Serenade of the Doll)

    Composer: André Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • NAXOS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • DG.
  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in F major, Op. 68 No. 2 (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Ensemble: Augsburg Early Music Ensemble.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.
  • Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson

    Heyr himna smióur

    Lyricist: Kolbeinn Tumason. Choir: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 No. 9 in B major

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    'Che disse? Che ascoltai?' (Orfeo and Euridice, Act 1)

    Performer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Giardino d'Amore. Director: Stefan Plewniak.
    • ERATO.
  • Franz Berwald

    Grand Septet in B flat major (II. Poco adagio)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Paysage (Transcendental studies, S. 139 No. 3)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so piu cosa son... (Marriage of Figaro, Act 1)

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: György Fischer.
    • DECCA.
  • Vivian Ellis

    Coronation Scot

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • SONY.
  • Percy Grainger

    Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: Wayne Marshall. Performer: John Lavender. Performer: Antony Gray. Performer: Barry Peter Ould.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    The Green Leaves of Summer

    Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 in F major Op.90 (I. Allegro con brio)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    En Vray Amour

    Ensemble: Quintessential. Director: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • OBSIDIAN.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Symphony: King David's Air

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • DEUTSCHE HM.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Lucy Walker

    My Heart, O God

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645

    Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Chris Thile.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Bard, Op. 64

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.
  • Amy Beach

    Invocation Op.55

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E minor, Wq 177 (III. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Mayumi Hirasaki.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo, No. 1)

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.
  • Armas Järnefelt

    Praeludium

    Music Arranger: Arthur Pearce. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in E flat major, TWV55:Es5

    Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.
  • Franz Schubert

    Swan Song, D. 957 (IV. Ständchen)

    Choir: Sao Paulo Symphony Choir. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
    • NAXOS.
  • Federico Mompou

    Canços i danses (No. 6b: Dansa. Ritmado)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (XII. Fossils)

    Performer: Adrian Spillett. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Toby Hughes.
    • DECCA.
  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Prelude No. 4 (String Quartet No. 1: 10 Preludes)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.
  • Trad.

    Old Reinlender (Sonndala)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DACAPO.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Variations on a theme from Silvana, Op. 33

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Martin Klett.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Gigue en rondeau I (Keyboard Suite in E minor RCT: 2)

    Performer: Michel Kiener.
    • PASSACAILLE.
  • Michael Altenburg

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

    Performer: Bart Jacobs. Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • OUTHERE.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 May 2024 09:00