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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re feeling energised, or need some downtime after a busy week.

Today, Sarah’s choices include birdsong from Vivaldi, a trip to Mars with Holst, and a spiritual plea for peace from Robert White.

There’s also a chance to hear the whole of Mozart’s soaring clarinet concerto, and Sarah’s Choral Reflection this week embraces the last of the cold dark nights as the days get longer.

Plus, Sarah picks her favourite music to celebrate love…

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, Op 10 No 3, RV 428 'Il gardellino' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54: IV. Feria

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • LSO Live.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major, Op 20, MWV R20 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46, arr for harp (1st mvt, 'Morning Mood')

    Performer: Alis Huws. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin Suite (Oriental Festival March)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Signum Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia (2nd mvt, 'La barcheta')

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Piètro Buratti. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Hyperion.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Carnaval des Animaux, R 125 (No 7 'Aquarium')

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite No 1 in F major, HWV348 (No 7, Minuet)

    Conductor: Georg Kallweit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Claude Debussy

    Images, Book 2, L 111 (3rd mvt, 'Poissons d'or')

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei (from 'Adagio for Strings')

    Conductor: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Ensemble Altera.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Trad.

    The Dromer (Arr For String Quartet)

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 16.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

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

    Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Bill Evans

    Waltz For Debby

    Performer: Ralph Towner.
    • Open Letter.
    • ECM Records.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Conductor: Mario Venzago. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Signum Records.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Ich hab' in deinem Auge; Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Lorelei; Scherzo No 2 in C minor

    Performer: David Kadouch. Singer: Sandrine Piau.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Planets Suite Op.32)

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

  • Robert White

    Christe, qui lux es et dies I

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • English Motets: From Dunstaple to Gibbons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No 1, Op 11 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Feb 202609:00
    BBC Radio 3