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A classical selection for the morning of New Year鈥檚 Eve

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you鈥檙e out for a wintery walk, or at home getting ready to welcome in 2024.

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

From a comforting orchestration of a Vaughan Williams Welsh hymn setting, to a harmonically intriguing New Year Hymn from J.S. Bach, Sarah welcomes the final day of 2023 with a seasonal selection of musical offerings.

We鈥檒l hear a sparkling sinfonia pastorale by Giovanni Battista Ferrandini, gentle impressionism from Guy Ropartz, and a throwback to the 2013 Vienna New Year's Day Concert.

Plus, dulcimer player Maggie Sansone shares a beguiling arrangement of a festive Finnish song...

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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Sun 31 Dec 2023 09:00
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Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Bethlehem Down

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • NAXOS.

  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation in G major 'Toy Symphony' (II. Menuetto)

    Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • NAXOS.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Magnificat primi toni

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • MENUETTO CLASSICS.

  • Claude Gervaise

    Bransle de Champagne

    Ensemble: The Boston Camerata. Director: Joel Cohen.
    • ERATO.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the blessed spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2)

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Phillip Moll.
    • RCA.

  • Freda Swain

    An English Idyll

    Performer: Timon Altwegg.
    • TOCCATA CLASSICS.

  • Joseph Guy Ropartz

    Prelude, marine et chansons for flute, harp and string trio

    Orchestra: Montreal Chamber Players.
    • ATMA CLASSIQUE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in E flat major (4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119, No. 4)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • SONY.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' (III. Rondo. Allegretto)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Rhosymedre (3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes, No. 2)

    Orchestrator: Arnold Foster. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • WARNER.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat (III. Rondo)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • SIMAX.

  • Trad.

    Auld Lang Syne

    Choir: St Salvator's Chapel Choir, University of St Andrews. Conductor: Tom Wilkinson.
    • Sanctiandree.

  • Giovanni Battista Ferrandini

    Sinfonia pastorale (I. Allegro)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Taddei.
    • MORRISON MUSIC TRUST.

  • William Alwyn

    3 Winter Poems (No. 3. Serenade, "Snow shower")

    Ensemble: Bridge String Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Das alte jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614

    Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (III. Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • NAXOS.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Pastorale 'Hungarian Christmas Song'

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • ASV.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude in E "Tristesse"

    Performer: Sonya Bach.
    • Chopin: Etudes.
    • Rubicon.
    • 103.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Unforgettable Year 1919 (V. The Assault on beautiful Gorky)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • WARNER.

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Aria, Op. 9

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica. Singer: Vida Miknevi膷i奴t臈.
    • ECM.

  • Allan Stephenson

    Divertimento (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Quadriga Bassoon Ensemble.
    • GENUIN.

  • Trad.

    Personent Hodie

    • MAGGIE'S MUSIC.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Videntes Stellam

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Andr茅 Campra

    Laudate dominum de caelis

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Ensemble: Canzone. Director: Theresa Caudle.
    • ETCETERA.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'Heure exquise (Chansons grises, No. 5)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • NAIVE.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    Main theme (The Great Escape)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • PARLOPHONE UK.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Quintet in E flat major, Hess 19 (II. Adagio maestoso)

    Performer: Otto Racz. Performer: Jen枚 Keveh谩zi. Performer: J谩nos Keveh谩zi. Performer: S谩ndor Berki. Performer: J贸zsef Vajda.
    • NAXOS.

  • Robert Fayrfax

    Missa Albanus (Gloria)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Fayrfax: Missa Albanus: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Spartacus, R. 166 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Dec 2023 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3