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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you鈥檙e midway through weekly chores or relaxing with your feet up.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

Today Sarah鈥檚 choices include uplifting music from Bach, Brahms and Borodin, lyrical melodies from Schubert, Mozart and Grieg, as well as a smoky and sensual tango by Astor Piazzolla. Something to enjoy over a nice cup of coffee.

There鈥檚 also stirring new music from harpist Catrin Finch with Irish fiddle player Aoife Ni Bhriain and Trio Mediaeval sing a traditional Norwegian song about reckless and youthful days.

Plus, Tchaikovsky dreams of winter鈥

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 3 Violins in D Major, BWV 1064R (III. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Bach: Double & Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 12.
  • Aoife Mairead O Brien

    Wings

    Composer: Catrin Anna Finch.
    • Double You.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 22.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Herbert Howells

    Requiem aeternam (1)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Howells: Requiem / Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Symphony in A Major, F. 27 (II. Andante)

    • Myslive膷ek: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pre虂ludes, Book 1 (XII. Minstrels)

    • The Complete Debussy: Pr茅ludes pour solo piano.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Sonata in F Minor: IV. Sarabande (Adagio)

    • Galanterie: Music for Lute by Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Vol. 3.
    • BGS Records.
    • 18.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op 325

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concertgebouworkest.
    • Harnoncourt conducts Johann Strauss II.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 5.
  • Nico Muhly

    Gentle Sleep

    Choir: Stile Antico.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.1 in C minor Op. 11 - Scherzo. Sempre pianissimo e leggiero

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589 (I. Gloria in excelsis Deo)

    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589 - Dixit Dominus, RV 594 & Magnificat, RV 610.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Traditional: I Mine Kate Ungdomsdagar (In My Reckless, Youthful Days)

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Andrew Smith. Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.
    • Folk Songs.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 6.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Two Nordic Melodies, op. 63: II. Kulokk & Stabbel氓ten (Cow Call and Peasan)

    Conductor: 脴yvind Gimse.
    • Trondheimsolistene - In Folk Style.
    • 2L.
    • 7.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great Works for Flute & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Le Chat Noir

    • Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters, Meditations On Erik Satie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    15 Two-part Inventions, BWV 772/786 - No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784

    • Bach: Inventions & Partita.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F Major Op 93, (1st mvt, Allegro vivace e con brio)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice In The Lord Alway [Bell Anthem]

    Singer: Christopher Robson. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Stephen Roberts. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Purcell: Funeral Sentences.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Andr茅 Caplet

    A la Francaise (2 Divertissements)

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Divertissements.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (Arr. & Completed Rimsky-Korsakov)

    Lyricist: Alexander Borodin. Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Smetana: The Moldau / Dvor谩k: Slavonic Dances / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Borod.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Milonga del angel

    Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli.
    • Soul of the Tango.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.
  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in D Major, D. 590 "In the Italian Style"

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Schubert : Symphonies Nos 1 - 9 [Complete].
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 9.
  • Anon.

    Folias (Imperfectas)

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • Erasme - Eloge de la folie (Version fran莽aise).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Ellen Reid

    Big Majestic

    • Big Majestic.
    • New Amsterdam Records.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 52, 53 & 59.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • John Taverner

    Leroy Kyrie

    Choir: St Mary's Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh. Conductor: Duncan Ferguson.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in G major, Op 62 No 4

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams" : II. Land of Desolation, Land of Mists (Adagio cantabile ma non troppo)

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 102.

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