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

Today Sarah embraces the season with chilly harp writing and shivery harmonies in ‘In freezing winter night’ from Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols and gets emotional with a soaring duet from Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers.

There’s a festive feel to the show too, with music by Tamsin Jones which combines ancient harmonies with vibrant rhythms, a performance of Ding Dong Merrily which will take you back to the carol’s 16th Century origins, and John Rutter’s Shepherd’s Pipe Carol with its glittering orchestration.

Plus, Oscar Peterson puts up his Christmas tree…

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3