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Sarah Walker with a sparkling musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re making Christmas decorations or heading outside for a winter walk.

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

Today, there's the allure of the outdoors with tubular bells and forest scenes in Wagner’s Parsifal arranged by Leopold Stokowski, and mountains bathed in sunlight in Johann Svendsen’s Norwegian Rhapsody No.4.

Sarah also finds the sound of flowing water in a piece by Karen Tanaka, and discovers the sprightly musical gestures of Paul Taffanel’s Wind Quintet in G minor.

Plus, Sarah looks ahead to the festive season with some Oscar Peterson, a Christmas Concerto by Onofrio Manfredini and ethereal choral music by the Renaissance composer Jean Mouton…

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Francesco Manfredini

    Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12, 'Per il santissimo natale' (III. Allegro)

    Performer: Roland Straumer. Performer: Michael Eckoldt. Ensemble: Virtuosi Saxoniae. Director: Ludwig Güttler.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E flat major, Op. 7

    Performer: François Leleux. Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille.
    • SONY.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Air de ballet Op.30

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works - Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Hans Leo Hassler

    Hodie Christus Natus Est

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anonymous 13th Century

    In Seculum

    Ensemble: Medieval Wind Ensemble.
    • MCA CLASSICS.
  • Richard Wagner

    Symphonic Synthesis of Parsifal, Act 3

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johnny Cunningham, Susan McKeown & Aidan Brennan

    A Mhisg A Chuir An Nollaig Oirnn / Drunk Since Ever I Saw Your Face

    • SHEILA-NA-GIG MUSIC.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Duet with Chorus, 'Von deiner Güt' (The Creation, Part 3, No. 30)

    Singer: Sophie Karthäuser. Singer: Markus Werba. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • ERATO.
  • °Õ°ùä»å

    Shenandoah

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Quentin Thomas. Music Arranger: Quentin Thomas.
    • WARNER.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tea for Two (Live at Newport)

    Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • COLUMBIA.
  • Jean Mouton

    Puer natus est nobis

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Symphony No 2, 'Le double' (III. Allegro fuocoso - Calmato)

    Performer: Seattle Symphony. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • DUTILLEUX Metaboles / L'arbre des songes / Symphony No. 2.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
    • 012.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 1in B flat major, Op. 21 (IV. Finale. Allegro vivace)

    Ensemble: Trio Fontenay.
    • APEX.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon in G major, RV 545

    Performer: Matthias Rácz. Performer: Simon Fuchs. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli.
    • ARS PRODUKTION.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Rhapsody No. 4, Op. 22

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance 1

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.
  • George Fenton

    Blue Whale (The Blue Planet)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • The Blue Planet - Music from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV Series.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (III. Finale. Allegro energico)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • Georg Frideric Handel

    Duetto XVI, 'No, di voi non vuo' fidarmi', HWV 189

    Performer: Susan Sheppard. Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Judith Nelson.
    • DECCA.
  • Trad.

    O Christmas Tree

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Music Arranger: Oscar Peterson.
    • TELARC.
  • Paul Taffanel

    Wind Quintet in G minor (III. Vivace)

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Varen (Last Spring), Op.34, no.2

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.
  • Alessandro Piccinini

    Toccata XII (Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, 1623)

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • LINN.
  • Alessandro Piccinini

    Romanesca folia con variate (Intavolatura di liuto et di chitarrone, 1623)

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • LINN.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Dec 2022 09:00