Join Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison from 10am on wycombesound.org.uk  

playing some outstanding classical music to make it the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday morning

 

Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C major 3rd movement Menuetto allegro molto e vivace – a cheerful and playful piece coming away from the classical style of slower third movements

Faure: Pavane – taking its title and rhythm from a 16th century dance performed at weddings

Glazunov: The Seasons Winter – the 2026 Classics Count offering to mark the passing of the months in music

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D major Reformation 2nd movement Allegro vivace – a piece composed when Mendelssohn was 20 years old

Respighi: The Birds Prelude – from the Italian composer, the first of this 5 part suite

Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 1st movement Vorspiel allegro moderato – listen in the hear why Max Bruch was persuaded not to give this piece the title ‘Fantasy’

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor 2nd movement Adagio – hear what Elgar was doing when he composed this

Mozart: Flute Concerto No 2 in D major 3rd movement Rondo allegro – the second of his two compositions written for flute

 

FOR OUR COFFEE BREAK THIS WEEK, from the most significant Finnish composer before Sibelius’ time, Bernhard Crusell, we have the slow movements from his three concerti for clarinet and orchestra

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No 1 2nd movement Adagio

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No 2 2nd movement Andante pastorale

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No 3 2nd movement Andante moderato

 

Chopin: Waltz No 1 in E flat major – dedicated to his pupil Laura Horsford in 1833

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks in D Overture – a festive, jubilant piece to herald the new year

Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No 2 in E minor – the second of sixteen dances composed between 1878 and 1886

Ireland: A Downland Suite Minuet Allegretto grazioso – born in Manchester and passed in Sussex but where did John Ireland live for the 50 years in between? Listen in to find out

Holst: The Planet Suite 2nd movement Venus The Bringer of Peace – an uplifting piece from this much-loved suite

Saint Saens: Danse Macabre – listen out for the xylophone depicting the rattling bones and the solo violin as Death’s fiddle in a party that stops at dawn

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Martin and Heather would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year

and they look forward to your company in 2026

 

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