Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players; architect Ptolemy Dean; Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor). EMI CDC 749889-2.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony.
10.30am
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the new St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, built beside the ruins of the old Gothic cathedral, which was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing during World War II. Sarah Walker's guest this week is the British architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean, who specialises in historic preservation, as well as designing new buildings that are in keeping with their historic settings. He shares some of his essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphony (excerpt)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review
Presenter: Sarah Walker
Producer: Richard Denison.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia (Ich hatte viel Bukummernis, BWV 21)
Performers: English Baroque Soloists (Katherine Arfken, solo oboe), John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG165.
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9.04: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides, Op. 26
Performers: London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor)
- EMI CDC 749889-2.
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Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony, Op. 4
Performers: English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
- DECCA 417 509-2.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche (Sleeping Beauty, Act III)
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94031.
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9.36: Artists of the Week - Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste; Christus factus est
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA 67629.
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MichelβRichard de Lalande
Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roi: Marche de Candiots (Le Ballet de la Jeunesse); Airs de
Performers: Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director)
- MBF 1108.
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9.54: Artists of the Week - Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony
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Francis Poulenc
Salve Regina
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67623.
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Dohnanyi
Valse aimiable; Um Mitternacht (Winterreigen, Op.13)
Performers: Martin Roscoe (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67871.
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Camille SaintβSaΓ«ns
Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55
Performers: Orchestre National de lβORTF, Jean Martinon (conductor)
- EMI CZS 585186-2.
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10.30: Ptolemy Dean's Choices
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Anon.
Anon. - Coventry Carol
Performers: Choir of Coventry Cathedral (in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in 1940)
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Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Heifetz
Flight of the Bumble Bee (Tale of Tsar Sultan)
Performers: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano)
- EMI CDM 764507-2.
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (movements 3 and 4)
Performers: Jacqueline du PrΓ© (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli (conductor)
- EMI CDC 747329-2.
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Simple Gifts
Performers: Alison Krauss (vocal), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
- SONY S2K092857.
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila Symphony (excerpt)
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review
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11.42am
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.58 in F major
Performers: English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
- DG 463 731-2.
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