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Three Hours of Classical Sparkle

Sarah Walker, live from Bristol, with for a Sunday mix inspired by the music and musicians featured at this year's Bristol Proms.

Sarah Walker, live from Bristol, with a Sunday mix peppered with the music and musicians featured at this year's Bristol Proms.

This week’s Choral Reflection features the music of a little known Bristolian composer - William Child, and there's music from a new release by pianist Cecile Licad.

There's also youthful romance in music by Shostakovich, a heartfelt Handelian aria, and a chance to hear a stunning recording of Walton's Violin Concerto by violinist Akiko Suwanai, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo in full.

Also, Sarah takes inspiration from another festival happening in Bristol for her Sunday Sequence....

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Music Played

  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • My Tribute To Yehudi Menuhin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 67 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Steckel. Conductor: Susanne von Gutzeit. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fracanapa

    Ensemble: duettango.
    • Big Round Records.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 8 in G major, Op 88, B 163 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • William Child

    Sing We Merrily

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau, M 30

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Lyricist: Notker. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    14 Romances, Op. 34 - No. 1, The Muse

    Lyricist: Alexander Pushkin.
    • Muse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche, Op 156b (No 3, 'Brazileira')

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Michael Giacchino

    Carl Goes Up

    Conductor: Marshall Bowen. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Up! Original Soundtrack.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 4.

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Solitude, Op 65

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Victor Young

    Sky Symphony (Around the World in 80 Days OST)

    Conductor: Victor Young. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • MCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse, HWV 40)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    String Quartet No 2 in E major, Op 45 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kodály Quartet.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E, K 403

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly, Op 97 (3rd mvt, 'Youth - Romance')

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Silver Violin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Etudes, Op 25 (No 7 in C sharp minor, 'Cello')

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.

  • William Walton

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Akiko Suwanai. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Danacord Records.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E flat major, Op 23

    Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Players.
    • Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in A major, Op 9 No 11

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 9.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.

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  • Sunday09:00
    BBC Radio 3