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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Join Sarah Walker for three hours of classical masterpieces, perfect for a peaceful start to your day.

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

Today, Sarah Walker whips up a diverse musical spread, from 16th and 17th century masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and Thomas Tallis, to comforting and glorious romantic music by Robert Schumann, Georges Bizet and Dora Pejacevic.

There are also tracks from some of the brightest musical talents in the classical scene today including a warm and lyrical choral work by Kerensa Briggs and a serene folk-inspired track by cellist Fredrik Sch酶yen Sj枚lin and his band the Danish String Quartet.

Plus, a light music classic which was used as the theme tune for the 91福利社 series The Secret Garden鈥�

A Tandem Production for 91福利社 Radio 3.

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Sun 4 May 2025 09:00
91福利社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto [fragment] in D major BWV.1045

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Oliver Davis

    Pieces of Wood III

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Conductor: Julian Kershaw. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Cs矛k, Sz 35a (1st mvt)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Requiem Mass, 1605 (Sanctus and Benedictus)

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.
    • Signum Records.

  • Georges Bizet

    L' Arlesienne - suite no. 1

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo Gonz谩lez.
    • Naxos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E flat major, K 474

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, D 125 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Tri Nguyen

    Song of the Blackbird

    Performer: Tri Nguyen. Performer: Buynta Goryaeva. Performer: Iryna Topolnitska. Performer: Caroline Berry.
    • The Art of the Vietnamese Zither.
    • ARC.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mark Bennett. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Conductor: Monica Huggett. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Jacques Ibert

    3 Pi猫ces br猫ves (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Music for Wind Ensemble.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz No 19 in A minor, KK IVb (version for harp in A flat minor)

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Chopin: Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata No 2 in G major, M 77 (2nd mvt, 'Blues')

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Aileen Sweeney

    Views from the M9

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Robert Schumann

    Introduction and Concert Allegro, Op 134

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Isfahan

    Composer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Peter Walden. Performer: Bobby Watson. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • American Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Minuet in G minor, HWV434 No. 4

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Suite, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter')

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    A Tender Shoot

    Ensemble: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • A Pembroke Christmas.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Violin Sonata in D major, Op 26 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andrej Bielow. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • CPO.

  • Paul Dukas

    Polyeucte

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Alfred Gr眉nfeld

    Kleine Serenade

    Music Arranger: Nicholas Hersh. Conductor: Daniel Grossmann. Orchestra: Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich.
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • SONY.

  • Edward Elgar

    Starlight Express: Dawn Song

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fredrik Sj酶lin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 May 2025 09:00
    91福利社 Radio 3