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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you鈥檙e brewing coffee or solving the Sunday crossword.

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

Today鈥檚 selections include a setting of an ancient Icelandic psalm by Anna Thorvaldsdottir and a youthful overture from Mendelssohn.

Sarah also shares heartbreaking orchestral music by Mahler, and a piece Clara Schumann wrote as a birthday gift for her husband Robert.

Plus, music for a medieval shrine which was unearthed during work on a new subway鈥

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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Sun 10 Nov 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Henri Duparc

    Chanson triste

    Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Op茅ra Orchestre Normandie Rouen. Orchestra: Op茅ra Orchestre Normandie Rouen.
    • Contemplation.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' (IV)

    Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • HUNGARATON.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga, BN 19

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen. Conductor: Christopher Page. Choir: Gothic Voices.
    • A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnop茅dies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Arr. for Guitar)

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Meyering, Michael M Chiel.
    • PentaTone Music B.V..
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture, Op. 21)

    Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Romantic Overtures.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 7.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les tendres plaintes

    • Debussy 鈥 Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Choir Concerto IV

    Choir: Dale Warland Singers. Director: Dale Warland.
    • GOTHIC.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 49 in F Minor, "La passione" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • TAFEKMUSIK MEDIA.
  • Alexandre Tansman

    Musique de cour d'apr猫s Robert de Vis茅e (VII. Air)

    Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (I. Allegro con brio)

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr 镁煤 oss himnum 谩 [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K. 41

    Performer: Christoph Ullrich.
    • TACET.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Conductor: Wing-sie Yip. Orchestra: Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
    • This is Classical Music 2.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 20 (Var. 7)

    • Variations.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig Minkus

    La Source / Act 1 - 12. Sc猫ne et danse

    Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Minkus-Delibes: La Source / Drigo: La Fl没te magique.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    • Elgar: Violin Concerto / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 - I. Prelude

    Performer: Zhu Xiao-Mei.
    • ACCENTUS.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Kleine Litanei

    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461 (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Hans-Peter Westermann. Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.
    • NAIVE.
  • Max Richter

    November (extract)

    Performer: Max Richter. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Late Junction.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le jardins f茅erique (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon, HWV 67, Act III (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba)

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Handel: Concerti a due cori; Alexander's Feast.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 24.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Petite Suite pour orchestra - III. Les Filles de la Rochelle

    Conductor: Sora Elisabeth Lee.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Adam Dyer

    Almost Catching the Light

    Composer: Adam Dyer. Performer: Adam Dyer. Performer: Adam Dyer. Performer: Duncan Eagles. Performer: Duncan Eagles. Performer: Eric Ford. Performer: Eric Ford. Singer: Jakub Cywinski. Singer: Jakub Cywinski.
    • Private release - Adam Dyer.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Decca.
  • Anton铆n Kraft

    Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4: III. Rondo alla Cosacca. Moderato

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Anton铆n Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Live)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Nov 2024 09:00