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An autumnal Sunday morning soundtrack

Join Sarah Walker for a Sunday mix, from Baroque brilliance and medieval choral music to Russian symphonic drama, plus a little encouragement to enjoy that extra hour in bed.

This week, Sarah Walker brings together a Sunday morning mix that moves from the irresistible rhythms of Cuba to the grandeur of Bach, with some musical discoveries, familiar favourites and, appropriately enough, a little encouragement to stay in bed.

There's a new release featuring Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, the infectious energy of Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto, and a chance to discover the music of British composer Cipriani Potter.

Sarah also travels back to 14th-century France for this week's Choral Reflection, with Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame, performed by Chanticleer.

And with the clocks going back, today's Sunday Sequence explores music for sleep, with a gentle lullaby from Leo Brouwer, a nocturne by Chopin and the atmospheric sounds of Max Richter.

Plus, there's time to linger a little longer with Glazunov's Fourth Symphony, a richly coloured work full of melody and orchestral invention.

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Music Played

  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Y la negra bailaba!

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Mi Historia Americana: Sur.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 11.

  • George Gershwin

    Sweet and Low-Down

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: William David Brohn. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Gershwin Fantasy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV 1048

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Ferde Grofé

    Mississippi, 'A Journey in Tones' (3rd mvt, 'Old Creole Days')

    Conductor: William T. Stromberg. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • American Classical Masterpieces.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 2301.

  • Neil Innes

    Brave Sir Robin (Spamalot)

    Lyricist: Eric Idle. Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast.
    • Monty Python's Spamalot.
    • Verve (Adult Contemporary).
    • 17.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op 60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Carl Nielsen

    String Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 13 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: NOVO Quartet.
    • Aparté.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in E flat major Op.38 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Messe de Nostre Dame (4th mvt, 'Gloria')

    Choir: Chanticleer. Conductor: Tim Keeler.
    • Delos.

  • Poppy Ackcroyd

    Hanover Birds

    Performer: Poppy Ackroyd.
    • The Birdsong Project.

  • John Barry

    Main Title, 'I Had A Farm In Africa' (Out Of Africa Soundtrack)

    Conductor: John Barry. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Geffen.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K448 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Sony Classical/Legacy.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de cuna [Berceuse]

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Sound Of Silence.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

  • Max Richter

    whose name is written on water (Pt 4)

    Performer: Max Richter. Singer: Grace Davidson.
    • Sleep.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 23.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 6 in G minor, Op 15 No 3

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Cipriani Potter

    Symphony in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • CPO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Delphian.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 4 in E flat, Op 48

    Conductor: Yondani Butt. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C major Op.18

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • AVIE.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Spring (The Sicilian Vespers)

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Frederick Delius

    Romance

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata in D minor "La Follia", RV.63

    Ensemble: Ensemble Augelletti.

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