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Sarah Walker

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Sarah Walker plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we focus on the mighty double bass.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 25 Oct 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Lloyd

    John Socman (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Overture: John Socman.
    • Troy.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A minor (Pantoum)

    Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.
    • Mirare.
  • Frank Bridge

    Intermezzo no.2 (Threads)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings: Cleobury/Britten Sinfonia.
    • Conifer.
    • 12.
  • Federico Mompou

    Canci贸n (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 605.
  • Federico Mompou

    Mu帽eira (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 606.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.96 in D major 'Miracle'

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • NAIVE.
  • Nicola Matteis Sr.

    Diverse bizzarrie sopra la vecchia sarabanda o pur Ciaccona

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    I know that my Redeemer liveth

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Scherzo-Caprice in D major, Op.25

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Re-invention No.1 [After J S Bach Invention no.8]

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Reinventions.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • RCA.
  • Carlisle Floyd

    Ain't it a pretty night? (Susannah)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 8.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Viola Sonata in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • Bis.
  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannh盲user)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.
    • Virgin.
  • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

    Homesickness

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.
  • Gabriel Jackson

    To the Field of Stars (Compostela)

    Ensemble: Nonesuch Singers. Conductor: Tom Bullard.
    • Convivium.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Serenade in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmon铆a. Conductor: Friedrich Haider.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Il Segreto di Susanna - Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 204.
  • Max Reger

    Scherzo (Romantic Suite)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.
    • Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Silete venti, HWV.242 (Date serta)

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Vivaldi & Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals (The Elephant)

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Libero Lanzilotta.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.
  • Domenico Carlo Maria Dragonetti

    Waltz no.7 in D Major (Vivace)

    Performer: Robert Oppelt.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Autumn Gardens (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rautavaara: Gift of Dreams, Autumn Gardens.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Where were you last night so late?

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 14.
  • Anon.

    Tu Mano Seser臈le

    Singer: C忙cilie Norby. Performer: Egidijus Buo啪is. Performer: Vytautas Sondeckis.
    • CHARADE.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Dectet Op.14 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Director: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.10 in G major Op.14`2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: 脡ric Heidsieck.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Lowell Liebermann

    Revelry

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Lowell Liebermann: Revelry.
    • Albany Records.
    • 4.

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