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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Sarah Walker chooses three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you鈥檙e popping out to the shops or solving the Sunday crossword.

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

In Sarah鈥檚 selections today, pianist Andras Schiff dances across the keys with Mozart, Smetana harks to Bohemian folk traditions, and Benjamin Britten reimagines Schubert in a recording from the Insula Orchestra.

And while Rachel Portman draws inspiration from the natural world in a new piece for violin and orchestra, Morten Lauridsen turns to the supranatural in one of his most transformative choral works.

Plus, music from the self-proclaimed inventor of the archlute鈥

A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jul 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, 'Facile' (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends, Op. 59, B. 122 (VI. Allegro con moto)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • LINN.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D major (I. Gloria in excelsis)

    Performer: Mark Bennett. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in C sharp major, BWV 848 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, No. 3)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • DG.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner

    Music Arranger: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • HANSSLER.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat, Op. 44 (IV. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CPO.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Voglio di vita uscir

    Singer: Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • ERATO.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jorge Mester.
    • ABC.
  • Claude Arrieu

    Dectet for winds (2nd mvmt)

    Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Winds.
    • ALBANY.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Aer enim volat

    Performer: Michael Popp. Ensemble: VocaMe.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, Hob. XV:25, 'Gypsy Rondo' (III. Rondo)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • hyperion.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto No 1 in G minor, HWV 298 (IV Andante)

    Performer: Simon Lindley. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Bradley Creswick.
    • NAXOS.
  • Rachel Portman

    Leaves and Trees

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • SONY.
  • Berlin Brass Quintet

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    • BETONT.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D.550

    Orchestrator: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • ERATO.
  • Gottfried Finger

    Ouverture in F major

    Ensemble: La Petite Ecurie.
    • ARCANA.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • ONYX.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22 No 3

    • Romance 鈥 The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 7

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22 No 1

    • Romance 鈥 The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jul 2024 09:00