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An illuminating classical Sunday mix

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you鈥檙e soaking up the sun or seeking out the shade.

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

In a special edition of Sunday Morning, Sarah Walker marks the summer solstice by celebrating depictions of light in music. We鈥檒l hear a work inspired by the endless refractions of an infinity mirror, music from a Thomas Arne cantata which reveres the early morning sunshine, and catch the glimmers of daylight that shine through a famous maritime opera.

Eric Whitacre also conjures a choral work that shimmers and glows, while Sibelius offers a tone poem inspired by a morning sleigh ride from Helsinki to Kerava.

Plus, Eric Coates waltzes into the twilight...

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

3 hours

Last on

Sun 23 Jun 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • DECCA.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune (Suite Bergamasque, No. 3)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • DG.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches, Frivelins et Arlequins (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)

    Orchestra: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • NAXOS.
  • Frederick Delius

    Florida suite (I. Daybreak - Dance)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • NAXOS.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Cort猫ge des chats dans la nuit du solstice

    Performer: Jo茫o Paulo Santos.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
  • Bruno Coulais

    Lueur d'茅t茅

    Choir: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Clair de lune (Trois petites pi猫ces, No. 2)

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: H茅l猫ne Couvert.
    • ALPHA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Dawn (Sea Interludes, No. 1)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Strauss II

    'Unter Donner und Blitz' Polka, Op. 324

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • NAXOS.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Alborada

    Performer: Adriano Del Sal.
    • NAXOS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem (VIII. Communio: Lux Aeterna)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • DEUTSCHE HM.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    "Ah, Vous Dirai-je, Maman", KV 265 (Theme & Variations I-V)

    Performer: Lise de la Salle.
    • NAIVE.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Jour d'茅t茅 脿 la montagne (I. Aurore)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    La Lune Paresseuse

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Louise Alder.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu christ, mein Lebens Licht, BWV 118

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • Ferde Grof茅

    Grand Canyon Suite (I. Sunrise)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
    • NAXOS.
  • Amy Beach

    Sous les 脡toiles (Les R锚ves de Columbine, Op. 65, No. 4)

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • ARABESQUE.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Looking forward to a summer鈥檚 day (A score of Danish songs Vol.2)

    Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • Arstiderne.
    • OUR RECORDINGS.
    • 10-11.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • James Oswald

    Airs for the Summer: Heliotrope

    Ensemble: The Broadside Band.
    • DORIAN.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • DG.
  • Michel Corrette

    Les 脡toiles, rondeau (Premi猫re Livre de Pieces pour le Clavecin, Op.12 No. 6)

    Performer: Badinage.
    • MERIDIAN.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca, Act 3)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leone Magiera.
    • DECCA.
  • Charles Wood

    Hail, gladdening light

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sunset (25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108 No. 2)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • DECCA.
  • Zdenek Fibich

    Poem (At Twilight)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

    Marits visor: The Sun shines prettily

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • DG.
  • David Lang

    Light Moving

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du jour; Pantomime; Danse Generale (Daphnis and Chloe, Part 3)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jun 2024 09:00