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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: musician/conductor Jordi Savall; Landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith's favourite music; Sarah's Essential Choice: Bach: Magnificat.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Poulenc chamber music from Pascal Roge and friends: DECCA 4757097

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the instrumentalist, composer and conductor Jordi Savall.

10.30am
In the week of the Chelsea Flower Show, Sarah's guest is the award-winning landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith. Tom Stuart-Smith was a child chorister and plays the violin, so music has always been a passion for him. His favourite composers range from Bach to Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Messiaen and Schoenberg.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Bach: Magnificat.
Barbara Schlick (soprano)
Agn猫s Mellon (soprano),
G茅rard Lesne (countertenor)
Howard Crook (tenor)
Peter Kooy (baritone)
Collegium Vocale
La Chapelle Royale Paris
HARMONIA MUNDI 901326.

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Fri 25 May 2012 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (from BWV 75)

    Performers: Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Trinity Baroque, The English Concert

    • DECCA 4781517.

  • Stamitz

    Flute Concerto in G

    Performers: Robert Aitken (flute), St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Donatas Katkus (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570150.

  • 9.15: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Francis Poulenc

      Sonata for clarinet and piano

      Performers: Michel Portal (clarinet), Pascal Rog茅 (piano)

      • DECCA 475 7097.

  • 9.30: Artist of the Week - Jordi Savall

    • Anon.

      Cachua

      Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.

      Performers: Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor)

      • ALIA VOX AV 9834.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV 1051

    Performers: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)

    • ASTREE E8737.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Swan of Tuonela

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 4577482.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Berceuse Op.38 No.1 & Carnival Scene Op.19 No.3

    Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    • DG 4596712.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Officium Defunctorum (Invitatorium)

    Performers: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (conductor)

    • ALIA VOX AVSA 9867.

  • 10.30: Tom Stuart-Smith's Choice

    • Arnold Schoenberg

      Gurrelieder - Tauben von Gurre! (Wood Dove's Song)

      Performers: Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

      • SIGNUM SIGCD173.

  • Richard Wagner - Albumblatt fur Frau Betty Schott

    Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers

    Performers: London Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 4343562.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Magnificat

      Performers: Barbara Schlick聽(soprano), Agn猫s Mellon聽(soprano), G茅rard Lesne (countertenor), Howard Crook聽(tenor) Peter Kooy聽(baritone), Collegium Vocale, La Chapelle Royale Paris, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

      • HARMONIA MUNDI 901326.

  • Alywn

    Cricketty Mill

    Performers: Ashley Wass (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.570359.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals

    Performers: London Sinfonietta. Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 4754652.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 May 2012 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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