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.
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Music Played
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Fela Sowande
Akinla (African Suite)
Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.- African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
- CEDILLE.
- 8.
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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.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A Hymn to Nature (The Invisible City of Kitezh)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)
Performer: Mei Yi Foo.- ODRADEK.
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Benedetto Ferrari
Amanti io vi so dire
Singer: Patrizia Durando. Ensemble: In Tabernae Musica.- TACTUS.
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Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO Live.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Allegro grazioso (6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet, No 3)
Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.- Music For Wind Quintet.
- DEUX ELLES.
- 6.
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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.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)
Performer: Mei Yi Foo.- ODRADEK.
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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.
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Julia Frances Smith
Trio Cornwall
Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.- It鈥檚 a Girl!.
- Gramola Records.
- 501.
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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.
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Erik Satie
Je te veux
Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.- Warner Classics.
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V铆tezslav Nov谩k
In the Church (Slovak Suite)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Franti拧ek Vajnar.- SUPRAPHON.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in E flat major, Op 126 No 6
Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.- PHILIPS.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
The Drummer; Forest Musicians (Musical Toys)
Performer: Mei Yi Foo.- ODRADEK.
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Gabriel Piern茅
Marche des petits soldats de plomb
Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Leibowitz.- SCRIBENDUM.
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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.
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Leopold Mozart
Cassation in G major (Toy Symphony) (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- From Kindersinfonie to Bauernhochzeit.
- Challenge Classics.
- 013.
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Jacques Ibert
The Little White Donkey
Performer: Varda Nishry.- DECCA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Duke Ellington
Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)
Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Charles Mingus. Performer: Max Roach.- Money Jungle.
- Blue Note.
- 2.
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Suor Leonora d'Este
Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas
Ensemble: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.- OBSIDIAN.
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Selim Palmgren
Piano Concerto No 2 (The River)
Performer: Juhani Lagerspetz. Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jacques Mercier.- Finlandia.
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Tarik O鈥橰egan
Diomedes (Variations for Judith)
Performer: Melvyn Tan.- NMC.
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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.
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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.
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Danza (from Notturno e Danza)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Nordic Rhapsody.
- BIS.
- 501.
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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.
Broadcast
- Fri 29 Oct 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3