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A vibrant classical playlist to lift your morning

Sarah Walker with the perfect playlist to accompany your Sunday morning, including a brand new recording of Mozart’s 20th Piano Concerto.

This week, Sarah Walker's playlist includes dreamy Satie, sprightly Bach and music by Mendelssohn which transports us back to midsummer.

Sarah will also share a brand new recording of Mozart’s stormy 20th Piano Concerto from Australian pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra - the latest in a highly praised series exploring Mozart’s keyboard concertos on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Much loved for its ethereal sounds and luminous harmonies, today’s choral reflection is Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium, in the safe hands (and voices) of Voces8.

And to mark the beginning of World Space Week, Sarah has picked out music fitting for the occasion for her Sunday Sequence.

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics International.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B flat major, HWV 294 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Steve Reich

    New York Counterpoint (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss.
    • Signum.

  • Florence Price

    Song Without Words in A

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.6 in D major Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Warner.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Malcolm Arnold, Christoph Schönberger & Ruth Gipps: Horn Concertos.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 9.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat, Op 57

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Deep Field (Earth Choir)

    Choir: Virtual Choir 5. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • UNQUIET.

  • Heinrich Schütz

    Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, Op11 No 18

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Capella de la Torre. Conductor: Florian Helgath.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity')

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Violin Sonata no.1 in A major Op.13 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt. Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Conductor: Ola Rudner. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • ABC.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Rondeau, Loure & Gigue [Cephale et Procris]

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Exultavit cor meum in Domino

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura. Conductor: Matthew Knight.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F minor, Op 28 (3rd mvt, Tempo di Mazurka)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Orchestra: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Unicornis captivatur

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • Northern Lights.
    • Chandos.
    • 110.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Overture-Suite in D Major (Ciaccona)

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Forza azzurri! Music by Dall’abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 24.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

Broadcast

  • Sunday 09:00
    BBC Radio 3