Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players; Ptolemy Dean's favourite music; Essential Choice: Schoenberg. Verklarte Nacht.
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
Sarah's Essential Choice
Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4
LaSalle Quartet
DG 423 250-2.
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Jean Sibelius
Arabesque (Musical Box), Op. 76 No. 9
Performers: Annette Servadei (piano)
- REGIS RRC 1281.
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9.02am
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
Performers: CBC Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SM3K 46291.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
5 Variations on Rule Britannia, WoO79
Performers: Olli Mustonen (piano)
- DECCA 436 834-2.
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9.18: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Hector Berlioz
Les Francs Juges, Op. 3
Performers: London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor)
- EMI CDC 749889-2.
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9.31: Artists of the Week - Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony
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William Walton
Set me as a seal upon thine heart
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67330.
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Richard Wagner - Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
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9.44: Artists of the Week - Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony
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Cornelius
Liebe: ein Zyklus von 3 Chorliedern, Op. 18
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67206.
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9.58am
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concerto No.2 in E flat, Op.74
Performers: Oskar Michallik (clarinet), Staatskapelle Dresden, Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
- PHILIPS 462 868-2.
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10.23am
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Blow
Saraband for the Graces; A Ground; Act Tune (Venus and Adonis, Act II)
Performers: Theatre of the Ayre, Elizabeth Kenny (director)
- WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0043.
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10.30: Ptolemy Dean's Choice
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Performers: Westminster Abbey Choir, Martin Neary (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SK 66613.
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10.45: Ptolemy Dean's Choice
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Gregorio Allegri
Miserere
Performers: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (director)
- DECCA 460 021-2.
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Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux, D.780: No.3 in F minor
Performers: Dejan Lazic (piano)
- CHANNEL CLASSICS SSC SA 20705.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Performers: LaSalle Quartet, with Donald McInnes (viola) and Jonathan Pegis (cello)
- DG 423 250-2.
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11.30am
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Franz Schubert
Im Abendrot, D.799
Performers: Anne Sophie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- DG 453 481-2.
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11.35am
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218
Performers: Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer (violin/director)
- NONESUCH 7559 79886-2.
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