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Tuesday - 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 Artist 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
Sarah's Essential Choice
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D, Op 107
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor).

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Tue 19 Jun 2012 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gordon Jacob

    English Dance from Suite for Recorder and Strings

    Performers: Michala Petri (recorder), City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel (conductor)

    • OUR 6.220606.

  • 9.02: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Ruy Blas overture in C minor, Op. 95

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)

      • BERLIN CLASSICS 9150.

  • 9.10: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Henry Purcell

      Suite in G, Z770

      Performers: London Baroque

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951327.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 3

    Performers: The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • DG 477 8730.

  • 9.32:

    • Franz Liszt

      Totentanz, S126

      Performers: Krystian Zimerman (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

      • DG 00289 477 9525.

  • George Butterworth

    2 English Idylls

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.

    Performers: Hallé, Mark Elder (conductor)

    • HALLE CD HLL 7503.

  • 9.58:

    • Joseph Haydn

      The Storm, Hob. XXIVa:18

      Performers: North German Radio Chorus, Göttingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

      • CARUS 83358.

  • 10.08: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Robert Schumann

      Konzertstück for 4 Horns and Orchestra in F major, Op. 86

      Performers: Peter Damm, Hermann Märker, Werner Pilz, Georg Böhner (horns), Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny (conductor)

      • BERLIN CLASSICS BC 2016-2.

  • 10.30: Dame Wendy Hall's Choices

    • Georges Bizet

      'Au fond du temple saint' (from The Pearl Fishers)

      Performers: Jussi Björling (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Renato Cellini (conductor)

      • RCA GD87799.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Summer (from The Four Seasons)

    Performers: Nigel Kennedy (violin and director), English Chamber Orchestra

    • EMI CDC 7 49557 2.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 'Reformation'

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)

      • TELDEC 2292-44933-2.

  • 11.27:

    • Gustav Mahler

      'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' (from Rückert-Lieder)

      Performers: Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (conductor)

      • DECCA 478 3589.

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Cantata BWV 20, 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'

      Performers: Gillian Keith (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

      • SDG 101.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 'Reformation'

    Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 5: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Masur.
    • Teldec.

  • Gustav Mahler

    "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (Ruckert-Lieder)

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  • Tue 19 Jun 2012 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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