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Radio 3,22 Mar 2026,180 mins

Three Hours of Classical Sparkle

Sunday Morning

Available for 24 days

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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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22, R 190 (2nd mvt)
    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22, R 190 (2nd mvt)
    Camille Saint‐Saëns
  3. 2.
    Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (3rd mvt)
    Symphony No 1 in A flat major, Op 55 (3rd mvt)
    Edward Elgar
  4. 3.
    Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight'
    Piano Sonata No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight'
    Ludwig van Beethoven
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