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Three Hours of Classical Sparkle

Join Sarah Walker for three hours of the perfect music to accompany your Sunday morning, whether you're reading the papers, doing some gardening or making lunch.

Join Sarah Walker for three hours of music to accompany your Sunday morning, whether you're reading the papers, doing some gardening or making lunch.

Sarah has an inspiring playlist, perfect for your Sunday, including music by Sibelius, Delius, Chopin and Gershwin.

This week's Choral Reflection is Pierre Villette’s best-known work – Hymn à la Vierge - an a cappella setting of words by Roland Bouhéret, full of delicious harmonies and performed by the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Peter Dijkstra. And there's also the chance to hear Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in full, with star soloist Hilary Hahn joining the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Paavo Jarvi waving the baton.

Also, Sarah's Sunday Sequence shines the light on classical world record holders...

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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • My American Story: North.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante

    Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha.
    • Hommage à J. S. B.: Works for Solo Violin.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Michael Haydn

    Concerto for organ, viola and strings in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andra Darzins. Performer: Jürgen Essl. Orchestra: Urban Camerata.
    • Hoffmeister, Stamitz & M. Haydn: Viola Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 303.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude No.15 Op. 28 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • The Chopin I Love.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 15.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no. 2 'Song of a New Race' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pierre Villette

    Hymne à la vierge

    Lyricist: Roland Bouhéret. Choir: Netherlands Chamber Choir. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.
    • Messiaen, Martin, Villette & de Leeuw.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.6`11

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Corelli - The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Zig Zag.
    • 020.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances for piano, Op 21; No.1

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: II. Un bal. Valse

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Overture Les francs-juges.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in F major for 2 chalumeaux and strings: Allegro (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Tindaro Capuano. Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Act 1: Pas de deux)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Lord thou has been our refuge (Psalm 90)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM RECORDS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Conductor: Tianyi Lu. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Grieg and Clara Schumann Piano Concertos.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Dolly Parton

    I Am Ready

    Composer: Rachel Parton Dennison. Singer: Dolly Parton. Singer: Darrin Vincent. Singer: Louis Nunley. Singer: Rhonda Vincent.
    • The Grass Is Blue.
    • Sugar Hill Records.
    • 13.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • LONDON.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation 3: The Herbaceous Border

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Nico Muhly

    Missa Brevis: IV. Agnus Dei

    Performer: Edward Byrne. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • Muhly: With Eys Lift Up.
    • CORO.
    • 18.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzone a tre cori

    Music Arranger: Bruno Maderna. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • ECM.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite - III. Minuet, allegretto grazioso [arr. for strings by Ireland]

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

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Étincelles (8 Morceaux caracteristiques Op.36)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: XXI. In trutina

    Singer: Chen Reiss. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jader Bignamini.
    • Orff: Carmina Burana.
    • PENTATONE.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3