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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re brewing a cup of tea or on your way to see friends.

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

Today Sarah’s selections feature the sublime orchestration of Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, alongside Louis Couperin’s chatty ‘Duo in G minor’, and an effervescent piece for harp by Henriette Renié.

There’s also music by Vincent D’Indy which conjures up an ocean scene, and an early work by Vaughan Williams transports us to Salisbury with atmospheric hazy strings and haunting woodwind melodies.

Plus, Jean Sibelius is at the castle gate…

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in E flat major Op.18 (Grande valse brillante)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Harnham Down

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Philharmonic.
    • British Tone Poems, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Gordon Stout

    Mexican Dance for Marimba No.1

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Classic Brass.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.
  • Sergei Lyapunov

    7 Preludes, Op. 6: No. 6 in F Minor: Andantino mosso

    Performer: Florian Noack.
    • Lyapunov: Works for Piano, Vol. 2.
    • Ars Produktion.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet no.19 in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' (IV. Allegro molto)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    Castillos de Espana II: Torija (Elegia)

    Performer: Pablo Sainz-Villegas.
    • Guitar Recital: Pablo Sainz Villegas 1.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 07.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La gazza ladra - Overture (The thieving magpie)

    Lyricist: Giovanni Gherardini. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream, Op. 17, No. 4

    Music Arranger: Harvey Brough. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Florence Price

    The Moon Bridge

    Choir: VocalEssence. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 004.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.
  • Charles Wood

    Nunc Dimittis in B Flat

    Choir: Charles Wood Singers. Director: David Hill.
  • Louis Couperin

    Duo in G Minor

    Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
    • The Long 17th Century: A Cornucopia of Early Keyboard Music.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 8.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Callirhoé, suite de ballet: III. Scherzettino

    Conductor: David Reiland. Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.
  • Philippe Gaubert

    Trois Aquarelles: I. Par un clair matin

    Performer: Hans-Jörg Wegner. Performer: Guido Larisch. Performer: Christiane Kroeker. Ensemble: Trio Cantabile.
    • BELLA MUSICA.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 46 (I. At the Castle Gate)

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    6 Album Leaves, Op. 2 (No.1 in C Major)

    Performer: Jitka Čechová.
    • SUPRAHON.
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: IV. Presto

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air ("Air on a G String")

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Conductor: José Serebrier. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stokowski Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.
  • Tallis Scholars

    Loquebantur variis linguis

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis.
    • Gimell Records.
    • 07.
  • Sergei Voitenko

    Revelation

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Piazzolla Reflections.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 & Études-tableaux, Op. 33.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Henriette Renié

    Danse des Lutins

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • Harp Showpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut, Act I: "Donna non vidi mai"

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Jonas Kaufmann - The Tenor.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A Major, Op. 98 "American" (I. Andante con moto)

    Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • ERATO.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Water Dance III

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • Crystalline - Piano Music by Karen Tanaka.
    • 2L.
    • 4.
  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in A Major, Op. 68, No. 1 (III. Minuetto, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble.
    • Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op. 68, Nos. 1-3 / Horn Sonata, Op. 44.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major, H. 439 (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos; C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Lennon and McCartney

    12 Songs for Guitar: VIII. Here, There and Everywhere

    Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu.
    • SONY.
  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi domine

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • Rarum II / Selected Recordings.
    • ECM Records.
    • 24.
  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (iii. Andante cantabile)

    Performer: Christophe Gaugué. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Aug 2024 09:00