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A refreshing classical Sunday mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you鈥檙e heading out for a stroll or settling down with a crossword.

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

Today, Sarah shares vibrant music by Vivaldi written for a sightseeing Prince, Angela Hewitt brings playfulness to a Bach fugue, and Florence Price offers a spirited symphonic finale filled with adventure.

There鈥檚 also a charming pairing of guitar and harmonica from Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu, Bertrand Chamayou finds the magic in a midsummer Mendelssohn transcription, and Anna Lapwood conducts her own celestial composition for choir.

Plus Elgar鈥檚 musical take on a mythical land of luxury鈥

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 21 Apr 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (Scherzo)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • NAIVE.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    String Sonata No. 4 in B flat major (I. Allegro vivace)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • DECCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne, 'In London Town', Op. 40

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied, Op. 1 No. 1 (arr. for flute and harp)

    Performer: Eva Oertle. Performer: Consuelo Giulianelli.
    • SONY.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op. 97 (arr. for brass ensemble)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storlokken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • LAWO CLASSICS.
  • Enrique Granados

    La Huerfana (Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1, No. 9)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • BMG.
  • Giuseppe Maria Cambini

    Wind Quintet No. 1 in B flat major (I. Allegro maestoso)

    Ensemble: Avalon Wind Quintet.
    • NAXOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 "Trout" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Ad猫s. Performer: Corina Belcea. Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Performer: Alasdair Tait. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades: Piano Quintet & Schubert: Piano Quintet.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864 (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • HYPERION.
  • Tielman Susato

    Mille regretz (12 Dances from the Danserye, No. 5)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • ERATO.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E minor (IV. Finale. Presto)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Anna Lapwood

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Velvet Waltz (Tender Toys, No. 28)

    Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda. Performer: Yasuo Watani.
    • NAXOS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Clair de Lune (2 Melodies, Op. 46, No. 2)

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: J芒ms Coleman.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Esther Magi

    Vesper

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arvo Volmer.
    • TOCCATA CLASSICS.
  • Henry Litolff

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47 (II. Andante)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • HYPERION.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (II. Allegro appassionato)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Royal Handel.
    • Naive.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    L脿 ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni, Act 1)

    Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DG.
  • Gustav Holst

    Suite No. 1 in E flat major for Military Band, Op. 28/1

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • WARNER.
  • Josephine Lang

    Mazurka, Op 49 No 1

    Performer: Ian Tindale.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet sonata No 1 in F Minor, Op 120 (4th mvt)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • ECM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • WARNER.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Apr 2024 09:00