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Sarah Walker

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Sarah Walker plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 the last in our pick of pieces for the double bass.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 29 Oct 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C Major, H.15.21

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 107.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    A Hymn to Nature (The Invisible City of Kitezh)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • ODRADEK.
  • Benedetto Ferrari

    Amanti io vi so dire

    Singer: Patrizia Durando. Ensemble: In Tabernae Musica.
    • TACTUS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Allegro grazioso (6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, No 3)

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Music For Wind Quintet.
    • DEUX ELLES.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K.136 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • ODRADEK.
  • Giuseppe Martucci

    Notturno in G flat major, Op 70 No 1

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orchestral Music by Busoni, Casella & Martucci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Julia Frances Smith

    Trio Cornwall

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It鈥檚 a Girl!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 501.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in F major for two chalumeaux, TWV43:F2 (4th mvt, Vivace)

    Performer: Tindaro Capuano. Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Performer: Il Giardino Armonico. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA : 245.
    • Alpha.
    • 16.
  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • Warner Classics.
  • V铆tezslav Nov谩k

    In the Church (Slovak Suite)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Franti拧ek Vajnar.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in E flat major, Op 126 No 6

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • ODRADEK.
  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Marche des petits soldats de plomb

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Leibowitz.
    • SCRIBENDUM.
  • Carl Nielsen

    The Jumping-Jack; Doll's March; The Musical Box (Humoresque-Bagatelles, Op 11)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Carl Nielsen: Complete piano music: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 013.
  • Jacques Ibert

    The Little White Donkey

    Performer: Varda Nishry.
    • DECCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no.2 Op.1b (The Tame Bear)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 13.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Neighbour's Dance, Seguidillas (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    HMS Pinafore (When I was a lad)

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Choir: Scottish Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore.
    • Linn Records.
    • 112.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Air pour les pagodes (Les Paladins)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
  • Duke Ellington

    Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Charles Mingus. Performer: Max Roach.
    • Money Jungle.
    • Blue Note.
    • 2.
  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.
    • OBSIDIAN.
  • Selim Palmgren

    Piano Concerto No 2 (The River)

    Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz. Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jacques Mercier.
    • Finlandia.
  • Tarik O鈥橰egan

    Diomedes (Variations for Judith)

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • NMC.
  • Carl Stamitz

    La chasse (Grand Pastoral Symphony in G and D Major, 'Le jour variable', 4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Stamitz: Symphonies.
    • CPO.
    • 404.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Clytemnestra: Orchestral Songs.
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Danza (from Notturno e Danza)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Nordic Rhapsody.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 2.

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