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Three Hours of Classical Sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, including Beethoven's complete Moonlight Sonata by the legendary Alfred Brendel.

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

On today's show, Sarah soundtracks your Sunday morning with a range of treats, including Beethoven's complete Moonlight Sonata by the legend Alfred Brendel; another chance to hear part of the Brentano String Quartet's performance last Monday from London's Wigmore Hall; and another Sunday Sequence - 3 pieces of music in a row all with a common link - this one inspired by composer and astronomer William Herschel.

Sarah's choral reflection this week features Mozart's much-loved setting of Ave Verum Corpus in a recording by the Handel & Haydn Society conducted by Harry Christophers, and we pay a visit to Anton Lyadov's fairytale Enchanted Lake.

Also, glorious Haydn recorded live at the Wigmore Hall...

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22, R 190 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • John Johnson

    Greensleeves

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • English Lute Duets.
    • BIS.
    • 1601.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Sixteen Productions Ltd.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in A major, Op 9 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Naxos.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Dances, Op 59 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Alexander Gibson. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Music of the Four Realms.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C minor Op. 17 No. 4

    Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity')

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Rondo in B flat major, WoO 8

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Herschel

    Symphony No 17 in C major (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Laura Marling

    What He Wrote

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Conductor: Oksana Lyniv. Orchestra: Graz Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Oehms Classics.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, WAB 105, 'Phantastische' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • CFM.

  • Olivia Sparkhall

    Lux Aeterna

    Performer: Louise Thomson. Choir: Corvus Consort. Conductor: Freddie Crowley.
    • Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women’s Voices.
    • Chandos.
    • 601.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake, Op 62

    Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (1st mvt, Prélude)

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Ludwig Thuille

    Sextet for Piano & Winds in B flat major, Op 6 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frederick Delius

    6 Partsongs: No. 1, An den Sonnenschein

    Lyricist: Robert Reinick. Lyricist: Carl Andersen. Lyricist: Franz Emanuel August Geibel. Lyricist: Henrik Ibsen. Lyricist: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Conductor: Paul Spicer. Choir: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir.
    • Delius and Ireland Partsongs.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rêverie, L 68

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Nightfall.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Mar 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3