An inspiring classical selection for Sunday
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, whether you’re out in the May sunshine or enjoying a lie-in.
Sarah Walker chooses three hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.
Today, Handel takes a trip down the River Thames, Althea Waites brings Florence Price’s piano music to life, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra find delight in Delius.
There’s a timeless psalm setting from Dobrinka Tabakova, and while guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas gently welcomes the morning with music by Torroba, Rossini opts for a more theatrical start to the day.
Sarah will also be celebrating the Nightingale, with a selection of music inspired by the birds to celebrate the centenary of the famed Â鶹Éç broadcast of Cellist Beatrice Harrison duetting with Nightingales in her garden.
Plus, a haunting waltz written by Toru Takemitsu for the silver screen...
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, 'Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (II. Allegro)
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- DG ARCHIV.
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Frederick Delius
Idylle de Printemps
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
An die Nachtigall, D. 497
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Elizabeth Watts.- RCA.
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Thomas Weelkes
The Nightingale (26 Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites)
Ensemble: The King’s Singers.- WARNER.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581, 'Stadler' (IV. Allegretto con variazioni)
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Ensemble: Wiener Streichsextett.- WARNER.
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Camilla de Rossi
Sant'Alessio (Introduction)
Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.- Pan Classics.
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Enrique Granados
Melodic Waltz (Valses poeticos, No. 1)
Performer: Douglas Riva.- NAXOS.
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Edvard Grieg
Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55)
Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- NAXOS.
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Archduke Rudolph of Austria
Six Dances for Solo Clarinet (No. 6 in F major)
Performer: Luigi Magistrelli.- BRILLIANT.
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Alun Hoddinott
Folksong Suite
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- MARCO POLO.
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Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Havanaise, Op. 83
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DG.
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Franz Liszt
The Nightingale
Performer: Adilia Alieva.- VDE-GALLO.
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Manning Sherwin
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Lyricist: Eric Maschwitz. Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8. -
Maurizio Cazzati
La Strozza
Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Frühlingslied (Vier Lieder, Op. 100, No. 3)
Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor.- GLOBE.
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François Couperin
Pieces de clavecin, Livre II, Ordre 8 (VII. Rondeau)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- HYPERION.
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William Mathias
Serenade: Allegretto
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- MARCO POLO.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat, Op. 100/D.929 (II. Andante)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Performer: Lynn Harrell.- DECCA.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Arise Lord into Thy Rest
Singer: Julie Cooper. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- SIGNUM.
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Donald Swann
Margate 1940
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Christopher Glynn.- HYPERION.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen, Op. 22 (II. The Swan of Tuonela)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- BIS.
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Florence Price
Dance of the Cotton Blossoms
Performer: Althea Waites.- Black Diamonds.
- Cambria.
- 007.
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Toru Takemitsu
Waltz (Face of Another)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- NAXOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Water Music Suite No. 1 in F
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Jacob van Eyck
English Nightingale (Der Fluyten Lust-Hof)
Performer: Lucie Horsch.- NAXOS.
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Pablo de Sarasate
El Canto del Ruiseñor, Op. 29
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Milana Chernyavska.- NAXOS.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
String Quartet no.14 in A flat major Op.105 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
- Decca.
- 11.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore, Act 2)
Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza.- DECCA.
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- Sun 19 May 2024 09:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3