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Two hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with the perfect playlist to accompany your Sunday morning, including music by Delius, Mozart, and Dvořák.

This week, Sarah’s playlist journeys along the Mississippi River with Delius, dances a dumka with Dvořák, and sparks joy in the finale of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

Today’s Choral Reflection is Elgar's heartfelt Deep in My Soul, a haunting setting of poetry by Lord Byron, and Sunday Morning also celebrates the sounds of nature with a Sunday Sequence inspired by birdsong. Plus, a host of musical discoveries that have caught Sarah’s ear this week, including a new release that captures a different side of some well-loved composers...

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Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat Major, D.960: III. Scherzo

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Peter Graham

    Meditation

    Performer: Philip Cobb. Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Graham: Metropolis 1927.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in A major, HWV 372

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Roma.
    • Handel: Violin Sonatas.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Quintet in D major, Op 51 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Piers Lane. Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Taneyev; Arensky - Piano Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: No. 1, There Is Sweet Music

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir.
    • Elgar: Part-Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    4 Choral Songs, Op. 53: No. 2, Deep in my Soul

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir.
    • Elgar: Part-Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale Op.151

    Ensemble: Blásarakvintett Reykjavíkur.
    • Barber: Summer Music - Beach: Pastorale and Other American Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CBS MASTERWORKS.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin - Old Viennese Dance no.3

    Orchestrator: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Herbert Howells

    Irish Wren Song

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: Ikon. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Howells: King David & Sine nomine.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major RV.428 'Il Gardellino' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Haupt. Orchestra: Dresden Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Peter Schreier.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauti: Eckart Haupt.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 21.

  • Rachel Portman

    The Swallow

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • The Swallow.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Tony Banks

    6 pieces for orchestra: No. 2, Still Waters

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Paul Englishby. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Banks: SIX Pieces for Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    This sweet and merry month of May

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Suite populaire espagnole: No. 3, Cancion

    Performer: Christoph Croisé. Performer: Ana Bakradze.
    • Folklore.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    5 Folksongs in Counterpoint: Shortnin' Bread

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 16.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Alla marcia

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

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