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Three hours of classical sparkle

Join Sarah Walker for a Sunday mix full of colour and character - bright openings, graceful dances, and music to set your imagination free.

This week, Sarah starts the day with calm and radiant music to start your Sunday with warmth and light, before heading north for sounds full of freshness and open air. There’s a touch of mischief too, as lively dances and symphonic surprises bring plenty of twists and turns along the way.

This week’s Choral Reflection features the Kiev Chamber Choir in Valentin Silvestrov’s Agnus Dei, a quiet, glowing piece written in response to the Maidan events of 2014.

And for our Sunday Morning Long Play - an opportunity to settle in for an unhurried masterpiece - Sarah has chosen Mozart’s majestic Symphony No. 39. Get the coffee prepped.

Plus, there are musical adventures with a violinist who can’t sit still, a dance that keeps changing its mind, and a nocturne that’s far too awake to say goodnight…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Sun 9 Nov 202509:00
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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV 257

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Baroque.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 7-9.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard.
    • EMI.

  • Alice Dona

    Improvisation on 'Je suis malade'

    Composer: Serge Lama. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Pianosong.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

  • Leevi Madetoja

    Pastoraalisarja, Op 34

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.
    • Pictures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 105-108.

  • Trygve Seim

    Ciaccona Per Embrik

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: James Crabb.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Claude Debussy

    La mer, CD 111 (2nd mvt, 'Jeux de vagues')

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Maidan 2014, Cycle III (4th mvt, Agnus Dei)

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir. Conductor: Mykola Hobdych.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Frank Bridge

    Lament, H 117

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • English Music for Strings.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K 27

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 73 in D major, Hob I:73, 'La Chasse' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Thomas Fey. Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • William Byrd

    La Volta

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Robin Hood: Elizabethan Ballad Settings.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 12.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op 13

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Conductor: Krzysztof Urbański. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Fire (Frankenstein on Netflix)

    Conductor: Alexandre Desplat. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Netflix Music.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11 - Lied. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jacob Shea

    Arctic Suite - Sunrise

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic.
    • SONY MUSIC.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op 70

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.330 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé, Act 1

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Singer: Delphine Haidan. Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Parlophone (France).

  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op.6 arr String Orchestra

    Music Arranger: Ingvar Karkoff. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • Breaking Waves.
    • BIS.
    • 109.

  • Avishai Cohen

    Remembering

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Victoria Vita Polevá

    Life-giving Spring

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • Haven.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 764

    Composer: Wolfgang Stockmeier. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.
    • SONY.

  • Ivor Gurney

    Lights Out

    Performer: James Newby. Performer: Simon Lepper.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    La fête infernale; Les démons (Suite from Alceste)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.

  • Franz Schubert

    Notturno in E flat major, D 897

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • harmonia mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3