Classical Collection - Thursday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week a selection of music inspired by the warming sun, Handel Oratorios; recordings by Vernon Handley. Today's highlights include Let the bright Seraphim from Handel's Solomon, Delius' Song of Summer and Vaughan Williams' Wasps from Vernon Handley, and some ghostly goings-on in our Group of 3 and Thursday Light Music. 10.00 Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Jaime Laredo (conductor) IMP PCD 2001 10.03 Delius A Song of Summer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2072 10.13 Pacoloni Pasemezzo, Saltarello, Padoana di Zorzi I Fagiolini Robert Hollingworth (director) CHANDOS CHAN0665 10.16 Schumann Carnaval, Op.9 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) PHILIPS 442 777-2 10.51 Toye The Haunted Ballroom New London Orchestra Ronald Corp (conductor) HYPERION CDS44261/4 11.00 Group of 3: The Supernatural Grieg arr. Achron - Puck, Op.71 No.3 Bolcom - Graceful Ghost Mendelssohn - Hexenlied, Op.8 No.8 Gil Shaham (violin) Jonathan Feldman (piano) DG 463 483-2 11.12 Vaughan Williams The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) EMI CD-EMX9508 11.40 Bax The Happy Forest BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN10446 11.46 Handel Let the bright Seraphim (Samson) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) The Sixteen Harry Christophers (conductor) Coro COR16062.