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A refreshing classical Sunday selection

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re walking the dog or solving a crossword.

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

This morning Sarah finds powerful energy in an anthem from Hubert Parry, a skilful recording from Hania Rani touches the heart strings while softly capturing the inner mechanics of the piano, and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra bring a vivacious spirit to Jean Sibelius’ most famous tone poem.

The morning also brings two landscapes into full orchestral colour; while Vítězslav Novák takes inspiration from the mountain range bordering Poland and Slovakia, Ida Moberg conjures the sweeping vistas of Finland.

Plus, Andre Previn takes on Gerhswin’s most famous Rhapsody….

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Sun 25 Feb 202409:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sophia Dussek

    Sonata in C minor, Op. 2 (III. Rondo-Allegro)

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • NAXOS.

  • Frederick Delius

    A Song Before Sunrise

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • NAXOS.

  • John Field

    Midi

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • CLAVES.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543 (IV. Finale)

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

  • John Dunstable

    Veni sancte Spiritus

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

  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard, P. 23

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • NAXOS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Quartet No. 2 in D major for strings (III. Nocturne)

    Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet.
    • TELARC.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in D minor (Allegro)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 18 in G, D. 894 (III. Menuetto)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Paul Le Flem

    Chatterie (7 Children's Pieces, No. 4)

    Orchestra: Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Lockhart.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Paquito D’Rivera

    Wapango

    Ensemble: Aero Quartet.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 1.

  • Hania Rani

    Eden

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • GONDWANA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No. 3 in C major BWV 1009 (I. Prelude)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia Op.26

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti SO, Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Müllers Blumen (Die schöne Müllerin, No. 9)

    Performer: Hubert Giesen. Singer: Fritz Wunderlich.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in C, RV 189

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 (IV. Allegro)

    Music Arranger: Douglas Monroe. Ensemble: Kalamos Clarinet Quartet.
    • KLAVIER.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There will come

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • SIGNUM.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Composer: Ferde Grofé. Performer: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Heinrich Schütz

    Selig sind die Toten, SWV. 391

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F, Op. 31 (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV GOLD.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise Orchestral Suite (IV. Stillness)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • NILENTO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles, Op. 126 (No. 1 in G major)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • André Cardinal Destouches

    Le Carnaval et la Folie (II. Chaconne pour les dieux)

    Orchestra: Arion Orchestre Baroque. Conductor: Mathieu Lussier.
    • ATMA.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor (III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75 (IV. Larghetto)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • ERATO.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Feb 202409:00
    BBC Radio 3