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Your perfect Sunday soundtrack

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh whether you鈥檙e recharging or getting into the swing of your Sunday morning.

This week Sarah's choices include gentle mysteries from Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Legends, a luminous performance of Mozart鈥檚 much-loved 鈥淓asy鈥� Sonata in C from pianist Maria Joao Pires, and a passionate Romance for strings by Gerald Finzi.

Sarah鈥檚 Choral Reflection takes a hauntingly beautiful Icelandic turn with 镁orkell sigurbjornsson鈥檚 N煤 hverfur s贸l 铆 haf - Now the sun disappears into the sea.

There's also glistening miniatures from Grieg and Eric Coates, as well as spiritual jazz from Alice Coltrane.

Plus, a work by Cecilia McDowall portrays strange, magnificent waterfalls within a world of ice.

A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

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Sun 20 Jul 2025 09:00
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends, Op 59, B 122 (No 6)

    Conductor: Tom谩拧 Netopil. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Dvora虂k: Legends & Rhapsodies.
    • Pentatone.
    • 106.

  • Nicola Matteis, Jr

    Diverse bizzarrie sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda 貌 pur Ciaccona

    Director: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Matteis: False Consonances of Melancholy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 16 in C major, K 545, 'Sonata facile'

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • DG.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E flat major, Op 11

    Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude No 7 in E flat major, BWV 852/1 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (3rd mvt, Finale)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Thorkell Sigurbj枚rnsson

    N煤 hverfur s贸l 铆 haf (Now the sun disappears into the sea)

    Lyricist: Sigurbj枚rn Einarsson. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson. Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op 4 (No 2 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: German Kitkin.
    • Stereo Arts Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op 10

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Virgin.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Conductor: Antonio M茅ndez. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    12 脡tudes for guitar (脡tude No 1 in E minor)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.

  • Alice Coltrane

    Radhe-Shyam

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Take Me To The Water.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in B flat minor, Op 9 No 1

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Ice is Listening (3rd mvt, 'Moulin')

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: George Vass. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Cantatas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq 30 (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)

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

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No 2 in F major, Op 22 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yuri Yurov. Performer: Mikhail Milman. Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Souvenir De Florence.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.

  • Eric Coates

    Summer Afternoon (Idyll)

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Jul 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3