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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a special Train Tracks twist!

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, with a special Train Tracks twist!

Today, Sarah revels in the tranquility of solo piano music with an Intermezzo by Brahms, and a Nocturne by Chopin which sounds as silky as a moonlit sky. There鈥檚 also the flutteringly virtuosic flute concerto by C茅cile Chaminade, and Robert Schumann looks to the stars.

Around 11 o clock, JS Bach鈥檚 beloved cantata Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, or 鈥楽leepers Awake!鈥� will be played in full. And Sarah reflects on Radio 3鈥檚 Train Tracks and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway with some special train-related music, and sounds from the National Railway Museum鈥檚 archive.

Plus, this week鈥檚 Choral Reflection harks back to summer鈥�

A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

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Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Yondani Butt. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • WYASTONE ESTATE.

  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    The White Peacock

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse (arr for cello & piano)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Femmes.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 07.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major, K 382

    Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸. Orchestra: Concentus Hungaricus. Conductor: M谩ty谩s Antal.
    • NAXOS.

  • Frans Hoyer

    Jernban-Galopp

    Conductor: Mika Eichenholz. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Locomotiv-Musik 1: A Musical Train Ride.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouverture-Suite in B minor, TWV 55:h4 (1st mvt, 'Ouverture')

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Conductor: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Summer Is Gone

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire, Op 21, H 101B

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturnes, Op 27 (No 2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ruth Gipps

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op 24 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Charlie Lovell-Jones. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Anon.

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Ostinato.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 17.

  • Erland Cooper

    Unfolding Landscapes

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • 麻豆社 recording.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op 20 (1st mvt)

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

  • Wynton Marsalis

    Dining Car

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Big Train.
    • Columbia/Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    7 Improvisations for organ, Op 150; IV. Allegretto

    Performer: Robert Delcamp.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

    Lyricist: Philipp Nicolai. Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus.
    • BIS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op 37a (No 10, October: 'Autumn Song')

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 59 in A major, Hob I:59, 'Feuersinfonie' (4th mvt)

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

  • Robert Schumann

    4 Songs for Double Choir, Op 141 (No 1, 'An die Sterne')

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Cambridge Singers A Cappella.
    • Collegium.
    • 1.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Selva morale e spirituale, Venetia 1640 (Psalmus 109: 'Dixit Dominus' Secondo)

    Singer: Dame Emma Kirkby. Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Rogers Covey鈥怌rump. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Robbie Sattin

    On the Railroad

    Composer: Jonathan Darley. Composer: Andrew Yates. Composer: David Robinson. Performer: The Longest Johns.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 00735850495538.
    • 4.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Flute Concertino, Op 107

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2025 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3