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Sarah Walker with an exhilarating musical mix

Sarah Walker chooses two hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning, including works by Rameau, Antonini and Chopin.

Sarah Walker chooses two hours of attractive and uplifting music to complement your morning.

Today, Sarah enjoys musical flavours from all over the world, with an exploration of the Mediterranean sea by the group L’Arpeggiata, Estonian choral music for St John’s Day, and down-to-earth energy from the New World.

She also finds an elegant air by Rameau, some beautifully shaped recorder playing by Giovanni Antonini and a Chopin ballade which unfolds and evolves like a grand improvisation.

Plus, the sound of paper umbrellas dancing…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

2 hours

Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les fêtes d'Hébé (Air gracieux pour Zéphire et les Graces)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Joseph Willcox Jenkins

    American Overture

    Ensemble: Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
    • NAXOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D 897, 'Notturno'

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Timothy Hugh. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Veljo Tormis

    Jannilaulud: "Jaanilaul" (St John's Song)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ferdinand Hérold

    Zampa (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Tortelier's French Bonbons: BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Sfessania

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Rhapsody No 2 in E major

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Moeran: 3 Rhapsodies.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Yehuda Halevi

    Hibbi Zawidni Qublah

    Ensemble: Joglaresa. Director: Belinda Sykes.
    • JOGLARESA LIVE.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No. 4 in F minor

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • SONY.
  • Domenico Natale Sarri

    Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • TELDEC.
  • Sophia Dussek

    Harp sonata in C major, Op. 2 No. 6 (III. Caledonian Hunt)

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • TACTUS.
  • Anita O’Day & Gary McFarland Orchestra

    Do nothin' till you hear from me

    • VERVE.
  • Philip Wilby

    A Breathless Alleluia

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Philip Wilby. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • A Breathless Alleluia.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme (Variation 3)

    Performer: David Stromberg. Performer: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Hamburg. Music Arranger: David Stromberg.
    • ARS PRODUKTION.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia & Chorus. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • CONIFER.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Feb 2022 09:00