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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a blend of soulful choral music, romantic orchestral classics and lively, uplifting piano.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh.

Today, Sarah chooses an efferverscent piano concerto movement from Emilie Mayer, and a favourite recording of the expansive opening of Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

This week's Choral Reflection features British composer Kerensa Briggs, and there's also a chance to hear from a new recording of Erich Korngold's lush Violin Concerto.

Plus, Vivaldi, Schubert, and a colourful arrangement of a late Debussy masterpiece…

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air Variation (after Orchestral Suite No 3, BWV 1068: 2nd mvt, 'Air')

    Composer: Tim Allhoff. Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Colors of Bach.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 8.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Julia Florida

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • El Bohemio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    En blanc et noir (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Naxos.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Lute and Two Violins, RV93

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Rare Fruits Council. Director: Manfredo Kraemer.
    • Astree.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu No 3 in G flat major (4 Impromptus, Op 90, D 899)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Lso Live.

  • John Williams

    Sayuri's Theme (Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Session Orchestra.
    • Memoirs of a Geisha.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Rey's Theme

    Conductor: William Ross. Orchestra: Session Orchestra.
    • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park "Theme From Jurassic Park"

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Jurassic Park.
    • Geffen*.
    • 2.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Romances sans paroles, Op 76 (no 1, 'Souvenance')

    Performer: Sophie Pacini.
    • bittersweet.
    • Avenir.
    • 2.

  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Concerto à otto stromenti in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Duello d’archi a Venezia.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sing Gently

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Home.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra, Op 87 (No 2 in D major)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Warner Classics.

  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No 1

    Performer: Ivar Anton Waagaard.
    • Gershwin at the Keyboard.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 22.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Mass in E flat major, Op 109, 'Cantus Missae' (1st mvt, 'Kyrie')

    Choir: Phoenix Bach Choir. Choir: Kansas City Chorale. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • Chandos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 56 in C major, Hob I:56 (4th mvt, Finale)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No 5 in B flat major, H 37

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Rebecca Dale

    The Lost Composers (Fortissima)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Conductor: Anna Rakitina. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 13.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty (Waltz) arr for piano 4 hands

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Bella Sudbin. Music Arranger: Yevgeny Sudbin.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D major, Op 35 (2nd mvt, 'Romanze')

    Performer: Tassilo Probst. Orchestra: Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Series II, No. 1 in B Major [Slavonic Dance #9 in B major]

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 09.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets: From Dunstaple to Gibbons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Feb 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3