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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you’ve got a busy day of chores ahead, or having a few hours of rest.

Today Sarah heads to Venice for her Choral Reflection with music by Clara Schumann, and she enjoys brightly scurrying strings: from a symphonic movement by Alice Mary Smith, to Bach’s much loved third Brandenburg Concerto and the whirling scherzo from Mendelssohn’s Octet.

There’s also some dramatic orchestral tension in the overture from Berlioz’s never-finished opera Les Francs-juges, and a beautifully lyrical oboe duet.

Plus, Haydn conjurs up the tick tock of the clock…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Sun 16 Nov 202509:00
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Music Played

  • Armas Järnefelt

    Praeludium

    Conductor: Paavo Berglund. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Sound of Scandinavia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Richard Wagner

    5 Gedichte für eine Frauenstimme, WWV 91 'Wesendonck Lieder (No 3, Im Treibhaus)

    Performer: Norbert Anger. Performer: Michael Schöch. Music Arranger: Norbert Anger.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Francs-Juges, Op 3, H 23d

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Romantische Ouvertüren.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebesträume, S 541 (No 3 in A flat major, 'Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst')

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Clara Schumann

    Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Ariel Ramírez

    Alfonsina y el mar (arr for guitar quartet)

    Music Arranger: Roland Dyens. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Latin Connections.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in D Major for the Left Hand, M 82

    Performer: Nelson Goerner. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld - Concert Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
    • Mercury.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Endless Pleasure (Semele)

    Singer: Ruth Ann Swenson. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Endless Pleasure.
    • Angel Records.
    • 1.

  • Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

    Symphony in D minor (4th mvt)

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

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat, Op 20 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Erin Keefe. Performer: Andrew Wan. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Cynthia Phelps. Performer: Richard O'Neill. Performer: Robert deMaine. Performer: Edward Arron.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Birgitta of Sweden

    Annuntietur in universa terra

    Performer: Susanne Ansorg. Singer: Miriam Andersén. Director: Michael Form. Orchestra: Les Flamboyants.
    • Raumklang.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, Hob I:101, 'The Clock'

    Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Linn Records.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cavatine, Op 144

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in A minor (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Chandos.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in C major Op.7`11

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Catherine Latham. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes and Strings.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 30.

  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Shall We Dance)

    Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Conductor: John Mauceri. Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
    • The Gershwins In Hollywood.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonata for flute and harp in E flat major

    Performer: Amélie Michel. Performer: Sandrine Chatron.
    • AMBROISIE.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost, Op 28B (No 5, 'Dance')

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3