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Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re enjoying a cup of tea or reading the papers.

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

Today Sarah shares a celebration of London by Elgar, an orchestral piece that sings of Scotland’s wild countryside, and music by Darius Milhaud that transports us to Rio de Janeiro.

There’s also a beautiful song by Francesca Caccini sung by Ruby Hughes, we find George Butterworth in an exquisitely pastoral mood, and Kerry Andrew arranges a heart-wrenching traditional tune for choir, attempting to capture the sounds of the high seas.
Plus, Dmitri Shostakovich takes us to tea…

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata, FP 164: I. Allegro malinconico

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Paris: French Flute Music by Poulenc, Dutilleux, Sancan, Milhaud, Ibert & Messia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni Battista Sammartini

    Symphony in D Minor, J-C 23: II. Grave

    Conductor: Kevin Mallon. Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble.
    • Sammartini, G.B.: Symphonies J-C 4, 9, 16, 23, 36, 62.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331: II. Menuett

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Academic Festival Overture.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Alexander Aarøen

    The Heart, It Soars: III. All Seasons Must Pass

    Performer: Ola Asdahl Rokkones. Conductor: Per Kristian Skalstad. Orchestra: Arktisk Filharmoni.
    • The Heart, It Soars: III. All Seasons Must Pass.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 1.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance

    Performer: Slava Grigoryan. Music Arranger: E. Grigoryan. Music Arranger: E. Grigoryan.
    • Spirit of Spain.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    All Things Are Quite Silent (arr. Kerry Andrew)

    Composer: Kerry Andrew. Conductor: Anna Lapwood. Ensemble: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Pembroke College Girls' Choir.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Meredith Brammeier

    Stitches in Time (III. Rail Fence)

    Ensemble: California Polytechnic State University Wind Ensemble. Director: Bill Johnson.
    • California Polytechnic State University Wind Ensemble Live! In the Walt Disney C.
    • Mark Records.
    • 9.
  • Trad. Irish

    The Lark in the Clear Air (arr. Gary Beecher)

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Adam JarzÄ™bski

    Tamburetta (Concerto a 3 voci & continuo)

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Erato.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly, Op. 97 (III. Romance)

    Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Silver Violin (Deluxe Version).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonate Champêtre (I. Allegro moderato)

    Composer: Germain Tailleferre. Ensemble: Tailleferre Ensemble.
    • Sonate Champêtre: I. Allegro moderato.
    • Ulysses Arts.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: II. Adagio

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Bach: Trio Sonatas For Organ.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Robert & Clara Schumann Lieder - Frauenliebe und -Leben.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 25.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche, Suite for 2 Pianos: 3. Brazileira (Mouvement de samba)

    • Piano Fantasy: Music For Two Pianos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 29.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Wind Quintet in F Major, Op. 88 No. 6: IV. Finale. Allegro

    Performer: Albert Schweitzer Quintet.
    • Reicha: Wind Quintets, Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 104.
  • William Byrd

    Mass a 4: Gloria

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Director: Jeremy Summerly.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rhapsodie Orientale, Op. 29: 1. Andante

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
    • Rhapsodies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 5 (Romance in F Major)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 - 119.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood - Scottish Orchestral Music.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 'The American': III. Larghetto

    Performer: Krzysztof Chorzelski. Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.
    • Dvořák: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 7.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Il primo libro delle musiche: No. 3. Lasciatemi qui solo

    Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • Heroines of Love & Loss.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Beulah 25: A Celebration (1993 - 2018).
    • Editions Audiovisuel Beulah.
    • 10.
  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Performer: David Reeves.
    • FLEUR DE SON.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Canzon ad imitationem from Battle Suite

    Music Arranger: Philip Jones. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

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