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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you’re out for a bracing walk or keeping cosy at home.

Sarah’s choices this week include a track from the landmark first album devoted entirely to the music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor, a new release from Radio 3’s own Jess Gillam, and seductive ballet music from Jules Massenet.

For this week's choral reflection, Sarah turns to a memorable moment from Rachmaninov’s famous Vespers, and for her Sunday Sequence, we dive into the world of courtly dances. There's also the Bruch Violin Concerto in full, with the Swedish-Norwegian violinist Johan Dalene, and Eric Coates whisks us off for a tour of London.

Plus, have you ever wondered what happens to the magic flute at the end of Mozart's opera...?

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Sun 23 Nov 202509:00
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Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    London Suite (1st mvt, 'Covent Garden, Tarantelle')

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populare, L 77, CD 83b

    Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 205.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 1 in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid (Ballet Suite)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Chandos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    All-Night Vigil, 'Vespers', Op 37 (No 6, 'Bogoroditse Devo, Rejoice O Virgin')

    Choir: Corydon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Love for Three Oranges, Op 33 (March)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.
    • Ballets Russes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Edward White

    Puffin' Billy for orchestra

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Spartacus Suite No 2 (Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia)

    Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Orchestra: St Petersburg Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 1 in C Major, BWV 1066 (2nd mvt, Courante)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Suite Les Paladins, RCT 51 (No 17, Gigue vive)

    Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite, arr for string orchestra (3rd mvt, Minuet)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.571372.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F major K 138

    Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.

  • Jess Gillam

    History Repeats Itself

    Composer: Eydís Evensen. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Eydís Evensen.
    • PRISM, Vol 3.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Introduction and Rondo for French Horn and Orchestra

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Conductor: Milan Lajcik. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orfeo.

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve Reissues.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Caritas habundat in omnia

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Bagby. Music Arranger: Elizabeth Gaver. Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • Canticles Of Ecstasy.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Conductus praemii dilatio

    Choir: Tiburtina Ensemble. Conductor: Barbora Kabátková.
    • Ego sum homo.
    • Ricercar.
    • 5.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Conductor: Gemma New. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Jonathan Dove

    The Magic Flute Dances (4th mvt)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Emily Beynon Plays British Flute Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 103 in E flat major, 'Drum Roll' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • DG.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pas des Cymbales, Op 36 No 2

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance Op 64 No1

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • The Barbirolli Society.
    • 9.

  • James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Silence & Music.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 202509:00
    BBC Radio 3