Main content

Three Hours of Classical Sparkle

Join Sarah Walker for a delicious Sunday mix of sparkling classics, from heart-melting choral works and romantic orchestral gems to restorative piano music.

Join Sarah Walker for a delicious Sunday mix of sparkling classics, from heart-melting choral works and romantic orchestral gems to restorative piano music.

This week, Sarah features magical music by Ola Gjeilo as her Choral Reflection, and takes us from dawn at the riverside to mysterious 19th Century Paris with music by Mussorgsky and Delius.

There’s piano music from Brahms, expressive string writing from Vaughan Williams, and a chance to hear the whole of Francis Poulenc's effervescent Piano Concerto with Louis Lortie and the BBC Philharmonic.

Plus, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Plinio Fernandes' take on an English classic...

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

27 days left to listen

3 hours

Last on

Sunday 09:00
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Three hours of classical sparkle

Next

Three hours of classical sparkle

See all episodes from Sunday Morning

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major, AV 144 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Longing for Paradise.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanshchina (Prelude, 'Dawn over the Moskva River')

    Conductor: Volker Hartung. Orchestra: Junge Philharmonie Köln.
    • JPK Musik.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony No 7 in B flat major, Op 201, 'In den Alpen' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75 (Pt II: Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Reverie

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Conductor: Anna Handler. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Reverie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony Op.4)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johannes Brahms

    Klavierstücke, Op 119 (1st mvt, 'Intermezzo')

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.
    • Inferno.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass [The Spheres] (Kyrie Eleison)

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • Northern Lights.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2

    Performer: Inbar Rothschild.
    • CRD.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Taxi Driver (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • ARISTA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 108 in B flat major, Hob I:108

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in E minor, TWV 55:e1 (Tafelmusik, Pt 1: 2nd mvt, 'Réjouissance')

    Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Erik Satie

    Trois Morceaux en forme de poire [Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear]: En plus

    Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Compositores Franceses.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 57.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Grand Concerto Gastronomique, Op 76 (6th mvt, 'Coffee, Brandy')

    Conductor: John Gibbons. Orchestra: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra.
    • Toccata Classics.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.5 in D Major - III. Romanza.

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Chamber Chorus. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • TELARC.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony No 1 in E major, Op 26 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair (arr for cello and guitar)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Simon Parkin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Rebecca Dale

    There Will Come

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Conductor: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K593 - finale

    Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.
    • Aeon.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto, S 146

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Henryk Górecki

    Miserere, Op 44 (No 11, Miserere nobis)

    Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Lahav Shani. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frederick Delius

    Paris, Song of a Great City (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Phil Cunningham

    Loch Katrine's Lady

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Miserere nostri

    Choir: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • The Road To Paradise.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Masques

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Consuelo Velázquez

    Besame mucho

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 25.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3