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Three hours of classical sparkle

Join Sarah Walker for a warm, good-humoured soundtrack for the start of February, blending lyrical string writing, joyful Bach and expansive symphonic music.

This week on Sunday Morning, Sarah Walker offers three hours of music to take the edge off a February chill - including sparkling virtuosity from Carl Maria von Weber and the sheer exhilaration of Bach鈥檚 Concerto for three violins.

This week鈥檚 Choral Reflection features the Nordic climes of Finland and the Tapiola Choir, an amazing children鈥檚 vocal group, and we stay in Finland for Jean Sibelius鈥檚 vivid picture of darkness giving way to light in Night-ride and Sunrise.

Sarah also settles into Schumann鈥檚 expansive Rhenish Symphony, and alongside pieces by two British trailblazers Dorothy Howell and Imogen Holst, it鈥檚 back to Scandinavia for a touch of Danish 鈥榟ygge鈥� courtesy of the Danish String Quartet.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No 4, Hob III:78, 'Sunrise' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Granville Bantock

    Song to the Seals

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)

    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064R

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Song of the Enchanter

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyrice Pieces, Book 5 (March of the Trolls)

    Performer: Einar Steen-N酶kleberg.
    • Naxos.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Koulutie JS 112 (The Way to School)

    Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Conductor: Pasi Hy枚kki.
    • Fuga.

  • Trad.

    Dr酶mte mig en dr酶m

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 9.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Powder Her Face - suite

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra in F minor, IRV 92 (2nd mvt, Romanza)

    Performer: John Fletcher. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata No 49 in C sharp minor, Hob XVI: 36 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Taedet animam meam

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Fantasia para un gentilhombre & Concierto pa.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Serenata andaluza

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain; Solo Piano Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 14.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Night Ride and Sunrise, Op 55

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33: March

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 97, 'Rhenish'

    Conductor: Marek Janowski. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie.
    • Pentatone.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossiennes No. 1

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Dorothy Howell

    The Rock

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra.
    • Signum Records.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Bourr茅e (Suite in D major, TWV 55:D6)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Canzonet

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Imogen Holst

    Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow (1st & 4th mvts)

    Choir: Ensemble Altera. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey.
    • Feminine Voices at Christmas.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2 & 3.

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