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Three hours of classical sparkle

Join Sarah Walker for a bright and varied Sunday mix, from sparkling finales and elegant Baroque overtures to lyrical folk melodies and expansive symphonic moments.

This week, Sarah Walker brings a warming musical glow to the final Sunday of 2025. From sunshine-filled Faur茅 and the spirited brilliance of Emilie Mayer to Percy Grainger鈥檚 much-loved Irish Tune and Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 shimmering world of Sheherazade.

There鈥檚 also a moment of Elizabethan lute-playing from John Dowland, a cheerful Christmastide chorus from Vaughan Williams, and a luminous late-morning highlight from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with his romantic Ballade in A minor.

Plus, today鈥檚 Choral Reflection takes Sarah to the wintery climes of Iceland for a stirring performance of a piece by celebrated musician B谩ra Grimsd贸ttir, sung by Reykjavik based M贸tettuk贸rimm.

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Study in Canonic Form Op 56 (No 1)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Sinfonia Veneziana

    Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.
    • Chandos.

  • Jan Sandstr枚m

    S氓ng till Lotta

    Performer: Clare Farr. Performer: Sidsel Walstad.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade, Op 35 (3rd mvt, 'The Young Prince and the Young Princess')

    Performer: Jonathan Crow. Conductor: Peter Oundjian. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Florence Price

    Suite for Organ No. 1 - Toccata. Allegro

    Performer: Tom Winpenny.
    • NAXOS.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 3 in C major, 'Military' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • B谩ra Gr铆msd贸ttir

    Hver, sem ao reisir h忙ga byggo

    Choir: Motettukorinn.
    • Alda Music.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Deborah's Theme (From "Once upon a Time in America") - arranged by Khatia Buniatishvili

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouverture-Suite in F major, TWV 55:F3 (1st mvt, Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Les Ambassadeurs. Director: Alexis Kossenko.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish Tune from County Derry, 'Danny Boy' (version for orchestra)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    La revue de cuisine - Fin du drame: Allegretto

    Orchestra: Holst-Sinfonietta. Conductor: Klaus Simon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Juan Ponce

    Ave Color Vini Clairi

    Choir: Orlando Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Tafelmusik - Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Continuo in E flat major - Allegro

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, 1877 version (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite, Op 56 (No 6, 'Le pas Espagnol')

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in C major, K 303

    Performer: Mark Steinberg. Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Feuillet d'album arr Taffanei

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: William Bennett. Performer: James Campbell. Performer: David Campbell. Performer: Rachel Gough. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Robert Maskell. Music Arranger: Paul Taffanel.
    • Debussy/Saint-Saens: Complete Chamber Music for Woodwinds.
    • Cala.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian'

    Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • John Dowland

    My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P 66

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folksongs of the Four Seasons (1st mvt, 'Children's Christmas song')

    Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Rhapsody Espa帽a

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • The Melody Shop.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • 痴搁茂

    Taflu Rwdins

    Ensemble: 痴搁茂.
    • T欧 Ein Tadau.
    • Recordiau Erwydd.
    • 9.

  • Wilhelm Taubert

    Piano sonata No 4 in C sharp minor, Op 21 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lucas Wong.
    • Taubert: Piano Sonatas.
    • Naxos.
    • 108.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in A minor, Op 33

    Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

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