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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 busy tackling chores or having some down time after a busy week.

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re busy tackling chores or having some down time after a busy week.

Today’s Choral Reflection comes from the Choir of Merton College, Oxford and their conductor Benjamin Nicholas – John Tavener’s beautifully tender “Mother of God, Here I Stand”, taken from his epic 8-hour-long “The Veil of the Temple”.

There’s also a chance to hear Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme" in full, from a hot-off-the-press, brand new recording by Canadian star pianist Jan Lisiecki, with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck.

Also, Sarah’s Sunday Sequence will weave together - among other things - candle-making, the River Thames and a reluctant nun… tune in to find out how!

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major Op 6 for string orchestra (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 367

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano.
    • Concerti per archi.
    • Tactus.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
    • Warner Classics.

  • William Alwyn

    Cinderella

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Naxos.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 4.

  • John Tavener

    Mother Of God, Here I Stand

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • The Marian Collection.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Var 18)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 2, HWV 349 (2nd mvt, 'Alla Hornpipe')

    Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky. Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra.
    • Water & Fire.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Trio Sonata, Op 16, Sonata Ottava (No 6)

    Performer: Ewa Anna Augustynowicz. Performer: Katarzyna Solecka. Orchestra: Ensemble Giardino Di Delizie.
    • Complete Trio Sonatas.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
    • 6.

  • Stephen Paulus

    Hymn to the Eternal Flame

    Choir: Phoenix Chamber Choir. Conductor: Graeme Langager.
    • Mid-Winter Songs.
    • Indie Pool.
    • 18.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (No 2, 'The Tale of The Kalendar Prince')

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Viola Sonata in E flat Op.120 No.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms: The Violin Sonatas; The Viola Sonatas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations BWV 988 (Aria)

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Music Arranger: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K271, 'Jeunehomme'

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Caroline Shaw

    ...and the Swallow

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D minor (2nd mvmt, Andante cantabile)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

    L'isle de Delos (Sinfonie & Musette)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei.
    • From the Isles to the Courts.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt, D 706

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Collins.

  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Performer: Giulio D’Alessio. Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Singer: Pene Pati. Conductor: Antonello Paliotti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Serenata a Napoli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

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