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Sarah Walker chooses three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re carving pumpkins for Halloween or out on an autumn stroll.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

In today’s programme, pianist Sophie-Mayuko Vetter joins the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra for some glorious Mozart, there's theatrical romanticism from Wagner and Ponchielli, and a quirky arrangement of Henry Purcell for Saxophone Quartet.

Sarah also discovers an ethereal dance inspired by the visionary music of Hildegard of Bingen, and guitarist Plinio Fernandes joins forces with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason to transport us to the heart of South America.

Plus, Cecile Chaminade takes her revenge…

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Music Played

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda - Dance of the Hours (extract)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio for recorder, viola da gamba and continuo in F (Essercizii Musici) - I. Vivace

    Performer: Sébastien Marq. Performer: Jérôme Hantaï. Performer: Pierre Hantaï. Ensemble: Le Concert Français.
    • ±·´¡Ã³Õ·¡.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (Arr. C. Koechlin): III. Andante moderato

    Lyricist: Maurice Maeterlinck. Music Arranger: Charles Koechlin. Conductor: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Koechlin: Orchestral Works.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 3.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs Without Words Op.62, Venetian Gondola Song arr Parkin

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Performer: Christian Li.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Allegro

    Conductor: Peter Ruzicka. Orchestra: Hamburger Symphoniker.
    • Mozart: Concertos & Fantasia in C Minor, K. 396.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 3.
  • Dan Locklair

    O Trinity of Blessed Light

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • CONVIVIUM.
  • Morton Gould

    American Symphonette no 2 - II. Pavane (arr. For wind ensemble)

    Orchestra: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Reference recordings.
  • Elizabeth Gaver

    Instrumental Piece 2 (Based on D-Mode of Hildegard)

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • 40 Years DHM - Voice Of The Blood.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Heitor Villaâ€Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Sheku Kannehâ€Mason.
    • Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.
  • John Sheppard

    Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Serenade For Strings; Elegy; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On A Theme By Tho.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Wq. 54/6

    • C.P.E. Bach Edition, Vol. 7.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 601.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Magnificat

    Choir: South Dakota Chorale. Conductor: Brian A. Schmidt.
    • Sacred Songs of Life & Love.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • 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.
  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer, Incidental Music, Z. 570: II. Rondeau (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)

    Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • Revive.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

    Rondo Allegretto: Sonata, F.X/2

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
    • A Bach Notebook for Trumpet.
    • Linn Records.
    • 15.
  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks: Opening (Reworked By Christian Badzura)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Ensemble: Siggi String Quartet.
    • Philip Glass: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Inviolata, integra, et casta es

    Lyricist: Josquin des Prez. Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 6.
  • William Alwyn

    5 Preludes: No. 4, Andante con moto

    Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alwyn: Concerto Grosso No. 1 / Pastoral Fantasia / 5 Preludes / Autumn Legend.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Cornfield Chase (Interstellar)

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall.
    • Sony.
  • Johannes Brahms

    16 Waltzes Op.39 (no.6 in C sharp major)

    Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen.
    • Sony.
  • Trad.

    Long Time Ago (Old American Songs, Set 1)

    Music Arranger: Aaron Copland. Singer: Marilyn Horne. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite - III. Minuet, allegretto grazioso [arr. for strings by Ireland]

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • Naxos.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Fantaisie Brillante, On Themes From Gounod's Faust Op.20

    Performer: Bomsori. Performer: Danny Driver.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Trois Danses, Op. 6: I. Divertissement

    Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales: French Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Some Other Time

    Composer: Betty Comden. Composer: Adolph Green. Performer: Bill Evans. Lyricist: Leonard Bernstein. Lyricist: Betty Comden. Lyricist: Adolph Green. Singer: Tony Bennett.
    • Tony Bennett Sings For Lovers.
    • Concord Records.
    • 15.
  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana, Op. 12 - VI. O Albion

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Adès / NørgÃ¥rd / Abrahamsen.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Polska From Dorotea (Arr. For String Quartet)

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: Duett. "Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena" (Papageno, Papagena)

    Singer: Huw Montague Rendall. Singer: Elisabeth Boudreault. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie.
    • Contemplation - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Duett. "Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia (music from the film arranged Cyrille Lehn)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Erato.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act 1

    Lyricist: Richard Wagner. Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Solti - Wagner - The Operas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 27.

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  • Sun 27 Oct 2024 09:00