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Three hours of classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with the perfect playlist to accompany your Sunday morning, including music by Grieg, Beethoven, and Saint-Saëns.

This week, Sarah Walker's playlist travels across centuries and continents, featuring symphonic Beethoven at his most playful, a peaceful morning song by Elgar, and wedding celebrations in Scandinavia. There’s even an invitation to a glittering French house party…

Sarah’s Choral Reflection is the profoundly moving ‘In Paradisum’ by Ukrainian-born Estonian composer Galina Grigorjeva, blending mysticism with serenity. There’s also a chance to hear from one of music’s most ardent travellers, Saint-Saens, and his ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto in full.

Plus, with less than a week until the First Night of the Proms, Sarah looks ahead to the Proms she’s most looking forward to.

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  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Symphony no. 2.
    • ONYX.
    • 7.

  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146: II. Vivace

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Reger: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 & String Sextet in F Major, Op. 118.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B Major, BWV 868 (Well-Tempered Klavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Aaron Pilsan.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • Glière, Mosolov: Harp Concertos.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D major

    Performer: Florence Malgoire. Ensemble: Les Dominos.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Schubert: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Chorale (Diptych)

    Performer: Joseph Wicks.
    • Regent.

  • Emil Sjögren

    Kärleks-sånger (Love Songs), Op 50

    Performer: Paul Rivinius. Singer: Camilla Tilling.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John McNeely.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Iberia, Book 4; No. 10, Málaga

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Vienna Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Two Serious Melodies, Op. 77: No. 1, Cantique (Laetare anima mea)

    Performer: Sueye Park. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Goldmark and Sibelius: Works for violin and orchestra.
    • Platoon.
    • 107.

  • Hans Zimmer

    Day One (Theme from Interstellar)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition].
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare: Va tacito (go silently)

    Singer: Barnaby Smith. Ensemble: The Illyria Consort.
    • Voces8 Records.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op.103 ("Egyptian")

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTE.
    • 04.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 204.

  • Maddalena Casulana

    Ridon or per le piagge; Amor per qual cagión; Io d'odorate fronde

    Ensemble: The Toronto Consort.
    • MARQUIS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine en Trio: 2nd mvt

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Performer: Gaby Pas-Van Riet. Performer: Gunter Teuffel. Music Arranger: Carlos Salzedo.
    • French Trios.
    • Claves.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G Major

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • The Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 – Gold Medal Winner.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les biches)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rite of Spring.
    • Signum.
    • 20.

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