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Three hours of festive sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh during the busy final run up to Christmas Day.

On the last Sunday Morning before Christmas day, Sarah will be playing a suitably festive selection of music including traditional carols and celebratory Bach.

There's also a beautiful new recording of Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, by the American ensemble Ensemble Altera directed Christopher Lowrey, and this week's Choral Reflection gets all Christmassy.

Plus, a very English ride on a sleigh...

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • An Olde English Christmas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 16.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle Concerts Society.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    脡tudes-tableaux, Op 39 (No 8 in D minor)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf.
    • Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov.
    • Bis.
    • 11.

  • Trad.

    Past 3 o'clock

    Music Arranger: Roger Harvey. Conductor: Howard Ionascu. Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • A Winter's Night.
    • Signum Records.
    • 16.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7

    Director: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy, Op 25 (arr for violin, guitar, accordion & cello)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Pl铆nio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll. Music Arranger: Stephen Goss.
    • Violin Cafe虂.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Oliver Tarney

    The Wise Men and the Star

    Lyricist: Lucia Quinault. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • The Wise Men and the Star - A Christmas Collection.
    • CORO.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Winter Idyll

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Imogen Holst

    Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

    Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Conductor: Christian Thielemann. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Andrew Carter

    Angelus ad virginem

    Performer: Rufus Frowde. Choir: The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. Conductor: Carl Jackson.
    • Christmas from the Chapel Royal.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Gabriel's Message

    Music Arranger: Roger Harvey. Ensemble: London Brass.
    • Christmas with London Brass.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 13.

  • John Rutter

    Angel's Carol

    Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • 狈辞毛濒.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony no.5 in F minor)

    Performer: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Belart.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme (Act 1: Ouverture)

    Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel.
    • Sopranista.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Jos茅 Feliciano

    Feliz Navidad

    Performer: Alexis Ffrench.
    • Christmas Piano with Alexis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in F major Op.6`12 (Giga)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 6, Concerti Grossi.
    • Linn Records.
    • 33.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor, Op 90 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Benjamin Britten

    Ceremony of Carols

    Performer: Lishan Tan. Singer: Elijah McCormack. Singer: Eleonore Cockerham. Choir: Ensemble Altera. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey.
    • Feminine Voices at Christmas.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Op 23 (Act II: No 7, 'In the Hall of the Mountain King')

    Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces Book 7, Op 62 (No 1, 'Sylph')

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens Mater

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • VOCES8 Records.

  • Sarah Quartel

    This Endris Night

    Choir: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.
    • The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 13.

  • Trad.

    Coventry Carol (arr for harp)

    Performer: Ruth Wall. Music Arranger: Graham Fitkin.
    • The Three Harps of Christmas.
    • GFR.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 1 (Highlights): No. 1, Jauchzet, frohlocket,

    Lyricist: Christian Friedrich Henrici. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir.
    • Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Highlights).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 1.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Glinka: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op 37b (No 12, December)

    Music Arranger: Gudrun Hinze. Ensemble: Quintessenz.
    • Genuin.

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