Three Hours of Classical Sparkle for the solstice
Join Sarah Walker for a special edition of the programme, live from Glastonbury Abbey, with special guests the Ayoub Sisters performing live.
Join Sarah Walker for a special edition of the programme, live from Glastonbury Abbey, with special guests the Ayoub Sisters performing live.
The Summer solstice happens at 9.24 this morning, and Dr Hannah Wakeford will be joining Sunday Morning to chat about the phenomenon.
Sarah will also be taking a trip to experience the mystical magic of Glastonbury Tor, exploring the ancient Abbey ruins and its grounds, and marking the Summer solstice with three hours of glorious classical music which celebrates light, warmth and the summer sun.
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George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess (Summertime)
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: André Previn.- Simply Anne-Sophie.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 9.
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St Godric of Finchale
Sainte Marie
Singer: Stef Conner. Singer: Hanna Marti.- Riddle Songs.
- Delphian Records.
- 9.
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William Grant Still
Three Visions (No 3, 'Radiant Pinnacle')
Performer: Andrew Armstrong.- In Blue.
- Rubicon.
- 14.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (Scherzo & Intermezzo)
Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Narrator: Judi Dench. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Max Richter
Sunlight
- Songs From Before.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
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Isaac Albéniz
Suite española No 1, Op 47 (3rd mvt, 'Sevilla')
Performer: Xuefei Yang.- Forty Degrees North.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Anon.
Sumer is icumen in
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
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Trad.
El Helwa Di (Live)
Performer: The Ayoub Sisters.![]()
Eric William Barnum
The Sweetheart of the Sun
Choir: Chattanooga Choral Arts Society. Conductor: Robert Bode.- Gothic.
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George Frideric Handel
Eternal Source of Light (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Sound the Trumpet - Royal Music of Purcell and Handel.
- Warner Classics.
- 10.
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Amy Beach
Summer Dreams, Op 47 (2nd mvt, 'Robin Redbreast')
Performer: Emma Abbate. Performer: Julian Perkins. Narrator: Justine Marler.- Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- Warner Classics International.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel (Hymn to the Sun)
Singer: Aida Garifullina. Conductor: Cornelius Meister. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Aida.
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
- 9.
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George Harrison
Here Comes the Sun (arr for piano)
Performer: Matthias Kirschnereit. Music Arranger: Benjamin Köthe. Music Arranger: Matthias Kirschnereit.- EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No 6 in A major, Op 20, 'Sun' (4th mvt, Fugue)
Ensemble: St. Lawrence String Quartet.- eaSonus.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (4th mvt)
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Warner Classics.
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Träd
Wild Mountain Thyme (Live)
Ensemble: The Ayoub Sisters.![]()
Antonio Vivaldi
Summer: III (after Vivaldi)
Music Arranger: The Ayoub Sisters. Performer: The Ayoub Sisters.![]()
Ferde Grofé
Grand Canyon Suite (1st mvt, 'Sunrise')
Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- Decca Music Group Ltd.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O gloriosissimi lux
Singer: Joseph Wicks.- Radiant Dawn.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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John Tavener
They are All Gone into the World of Light
Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.- Signum Records.
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Carl Nielsen
Helios, Op 17, FS 32
Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.- Chandos Records Ltd.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Warner Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Erwünschtes Freudenlicht, BWV 184 (Chorale: 'Guter Hirte, Trost der Deinen')
Conductor: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.- Challenge Classics.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Light & Gold.
- Decca (UMO).
- 1.
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Rutland Boughton
The Immortal Hour (Act I Scene 1: No 11, 'Fair Is the Moonlight')
Lyricist: Fiona MacLeod. Singer: Anne Dawson. Conductor: Alan G. Melville. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- Hyperion.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Cortege des chats dans la nuit du solstice
Performer: João Paulo Santos.- Reader's Digest Music.
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Abdel Kader/ Sidi Mansour
Performer: The Ayoub Sisters.![]()
Hania Rani
Sun
Performer: Hania Rani.- Matthew Halsall t/a Gondwana Records.
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Trad.
The Lark in the Blue Summer Sky
Lyricist: Nikolaus Newerkla. Choir: Quadriga Consort. Conductor: Nikolaus Newerkla.- Midsummer.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
- 14.
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Oskar Merikanto
A Summer Evening's Idyll, Op.16 no.2
Music Arranger: Jorma Panula. Orchestra: Camerata Finlandia. Conductor: Jorma Panula.- FINNISH ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES.
- NAXOS.
- 013.
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Thomas Arne
The Morning
Lyricist: John Milton. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Conductor: Roy Goodman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.- Hyperion.
Broadcast
- Sun 21 Jun 202609:00BBC Radio 3
