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Monday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. In the week marking the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing her guest is Dame Wendy Hall, a leading expert in computer science.

9.00am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Purcell Chamber Music performed by London Baroque

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Gewandhaus Orchestra.

10.30am
In the week that marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, Sarah's guest is Dame Wendy Hall, a leading expert in computer science.

11am
Sibelius: Symphony No 5
The recommended recording as chosen in Building a Library from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Mon 18 Jun 2012 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • 9am: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Antonín Dvořák

      Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann (conductor)

      • TELDEC 8.48270.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Overture to L'isola disabitata

    Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 473 851-2.

  • 9.13: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Henry Purcell

      Three Parts on a Ground in D, Z731

      Performers: London Baroque

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951327.

  • 9.18:

    • Georg Christoph Wagenseil

      Sinfonia in D

      Performers: Camerata Bern, Thomas Füri (conductor)

      • ARCHIV 477 9990.

  • 9.30: Mystery Piece

    • Joaquín Turina

      La oracion del torero

      Performers: The Nash Ensemble

      • Hyperion CDA67889.

  • 9.38: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Richard Strauss

      Waltz sequence from Der Rosenkavalier

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

      • DECCA 475 6550.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No. 3 in A flat, Op. 47

    Performers: Artur Rubinstein (piano)

    • RCA 82876-61396-2.

  • 10am: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

      Performers: Janine Jansen (violin), Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

      • DECCA 475 8328.

  • 10.30: Dame Wendy Hall's Choices

    • Johann Pachelbel

      Canon and Gigue in D

      Performers: Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (violin and director)

      • ARCHIV 410 502-2.

  • Mussorgsky arr. Stokowski

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)

    • DECCA 443 896-2.

  • 11am:

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82

      Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review

      • LSO Live LSO0037.

  • 11.32:

    • LASSUS

      Timor et Tremor

      Performers: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)

      • CORO COR16097.

  • 11.37:

    • Joseph Haydn

      String Quartet in E flat, op.71 no.3

      Performers: Takacs Quartet

      • Hyperion CDA67793.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Timor et Tremor

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  • Mon 18 Jun 2012 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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