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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with glorious choral gems, sweeping orchestral sounds, and a celebration of chamber music venue the Wigmore Hall at 125.

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

We're in the middle of the Wigmore Hall's 125th anniversary celebrations on BBC Radio 3, so in today's Sunday Sequence, Sarah will be showcasing recordings by some of the great performers appearing at the festival.

For this week's Choral Reflection, Sarah features the famous and much-loved setting of the Ave Maria by 16th-century English composer Robert Parsons; and there's the chance to indulge in the meaty first movement of Brahms's Violin Concerto, from the acclaimed 1991 recording by violinist Nigel Kennedy with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Klaus Tennstedt.

Plus, Antonio Vivaldi reimagined by Max Richter; and John Rutter - or is it George Gershwin?

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Director: Antje Weithaas.
    • CAvi-music.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Prologue: Toccata)

    Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Symphony in B minor, Op 4 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Anna Skryleva. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Appassionato. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.
    • Naive.

  • John Dowland

    M John Langtons Pavan from Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Warner Classics.

  • John Rutter

    Reflections (4th mvt, 'Finale alla burlesca')

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Reflections.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring Recomposed (The Four Seasons by Vivaldi)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Max Richter. Conductor: André de Ridder. Ensemble: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin.
    • Recomposed by Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammmophon.
    • 1-4.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In the Fen Country

    Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Modern Times Edition.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D 547 (Live at Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2023)

    Performer: James Baillieu. Lyricist: Franz von Schober. Singer: Lise Davidsen.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Trad.

    Folias Criollas

    Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
    • Ludi Musici - The Spirit of Dance.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 4 in E flat major, Op 7, 'Grande Sonate' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Conductor: Benjamin Levy. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes.
    • Aparté.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite, Op 11 (1st mvt, 'Intermezzo')

    Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    Nocturne in A flat major (3 Pieces Op.71)

    Performer: Martin Cousin.
    • Rubinstein: Six Preludes & Fugues in Free Style & Three Pieces, Op. 71.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: No 1)

    Performer: Aaron Pilsan.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Rouet d'Omphale Op.31

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 05.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, Hob I:101, 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piece for Cello & Piano, No 2 (Gavotte)

    Performer: Thomas Blees. Performer: Maria Bergmann.
    • SWR Digital.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet. Ensemble: Leonkoro Quartet.

  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my redeemer liveth (Messiah)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • ERATO.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Bali Ha'i (from South Pacific)

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Music Manager.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3