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Three hours of Easter classical sparkle

Sarah Walker with three hours of classical music to reflect, restore and refresh, whether you’re heading to an Easter service or preparing a special lunch for the family.

Today, Sarah’s choices include Gregorian chant for Easter Day, a Cantata by JS Bach that celebrates the Resurrection with a flurry of jubilant voices, and a Hymn to Christ by Imogen Holst.

There’s also a chance to hear the whole of Mozart’s Mass in C major, and today’s Choral Reflection is a balm of Renaissance harmony which gives the impression of being in surround sound…

Also, this week’s Sunday Sequence heads around the globe to discover some Easter traditions - including the history of hunting for eggs…

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Triumph, Triumph, ihr Frommen, freuet euch, TWV 1:1424 (No 1, Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Die Kölner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Easter Cantatas.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Unsent Love Letters

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Franz Liszt

    Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S 173 (2nd mvt, Ave Maria)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Harmonies poétiques et religieuses.
    • Hyperion.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, RT VI/19)

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • English Landscapes.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV31 'Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret'

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Léo Delibes

    Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane Suite, Act III: No. 16a, Pizzicati

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Suites from the Ballets.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If Ye Love Me

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Faire Is the Heaven: Music Of the English Church.
    • Collegium.
    • 5.

  • Keiko Abe

    Dream of the Cherry Blossoms

    Performer: Katarzyna Myćka.
    • Marimba Spiritual.
    • audite Musikproduktion.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major, D 438

    Performer: Stephanie Gonley. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Linn Records.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española No 4 (Cádiz - Saeta)

    Performer: Wulfin Lieske.
    • Evocación.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 16.

  • Sidney Bean

    Easter in Bermuda

    Singer: Thelma Tucker. Ensemble: Sidney Bean Trio.
    • Bermuda Records.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, H 439 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Lyricist: Edward Esch. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Light & Gold.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, Op 38, 'Spring' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • SFS Media.

  • Erland Cooper

    Magnificat

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Clare O'Connell.
    • Adoro Te Devote.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 2.

  • Francesca Caccini

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
    • Maria, dolce Maria.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarentelle, Op 6

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass No 15 in C Major, K 317, 'Coronation Mass'

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Renata Pokupić. Singer: Benjamin Bruns. Singer: Andreas Wolf. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 5 in F major, Op 24 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Christopher Glynn.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Gwenllian Llŷr

    Strawberry Moon

    Performer: Gwenllian Llŷr.
    • SAIN.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Ein Traum (A Dream)

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O orzchis Ecclesia

    Music Arranger: Elizabeth Gaver. Music Arranger: Barbara Thornton. Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • Voice of the Blood.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • PM Classics Ltd.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

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