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A vibrant Sunday selection of classical music

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re catching up with friends or settling down with a crossword.

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

Today’s choices include a resonant Bach arrangement from trumpet player Alison Balsom, a mystical blend of choir and organ by Pierre Villete, and a Doreen Carwithen sonata that sparkles in the hands of pianist Bengt Forsberg.

There’s also a delicate pavane composed by a 16th-century Milanese lutenist, and a vivid orchestral work by Ravel that draws on his Spanish heritage.

And while Eric Coates organises some wedding entertainment, William Alwyn takes a musical trip to the Cotswolds…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Sun 19 Nov 202309:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata BWV147)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Ensemble: Balsom Ensemble.
    • WARNER.

  • Robert Schumann

    Eintritt (Waldszenen, Op. 82, No. 1)

    Performer: Cordelia Williams.
    • SOMM.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Trad.

    The Cuckoo (The Sprig of Thyme, No.6)

    Performer: Rachel Masters. Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet Op. 11 No. 5 in E major, G275 (III. Minuetto)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • ERATO.

  • Pierre Villette

    Messe da Pacem (V. Agnus Dei)

    Performer: Andrew Dewar. Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Ad Fontes.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (III. Rondo. Vivace-Presto)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER.

  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovský

    Intrada

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Music Arranger: Herbert Walser-Breuss. Ensemble: Concerto Stella Matutina.
    • SONY.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie Espagnole

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Danielle de Niese Handel Arias Les Arts Florissants William Christie.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Pavana alla venetiana (Intabolature da leuto, Vol.4, 1508)

    Performer: Hopkinson Smith.
    • Naive Classique.

  • William Alwyn

    Cricketty Mill

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ignace Joseph Pleyel

    Symphony in C major, Op. 66, B. 154 (I. Adagio - Allegro)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

  • François Couperin

    Les barricades mystérieuses (Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • SONY.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute concerto in F major, 'La Tempesta di Mare', RV 433 (III. Presto)

    Performer: Jiří Válek. Orchestra: Capella Istropolitana. Conductor: Jaroslav Krček.
    • NAXOS.

  • Josephine Lang

    Lied Ohne Worte

    Performer: Ian Tindale.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No. 4 in F sharp minor, Op. 50 (IV. Finale)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Zaïde.
    • NOMAD MUSIC.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Lucy Crowe.
    • LINN.

  • Claude Debussy

    From dawn to midday on the sea (La mer)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • TELARC.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Performer: Amy Dickson.
    • SONY.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie, L. 68

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis.
    • TELARC.

  • Eric Coates

    The Jester at the Wedding (I. March - The Princess Arrives)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Byrd

    Circumdederunt me dolores mortis

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (I. Andante sostenuto)

    Performer: Béla Kovács. Orchestra: Camerata Budapest. Conductor: László Kovács.
    • NAXOS.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (IV. Allegro maestoso)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C minor Kk.11

    Performer: Mie Miki.
    • S'il vous plaît: Mie Miki.
    • Bis.
    • 3.

  • Stephen Paulus

    The Road Home

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.

  • Amy Beach

    Children's Carnival Op.25

    Performer: Şahan Arzruni.
    • NEW WORLD.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Rêverie et caprice Op.8

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Nov 202309:00
    BBC Radio 3