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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: the Complete Faure piano music performed by Paul Crossley; Artist of the Week: soprano Barbara Bonney; Dr Christian Jessen.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week, Faure: The Complete Piano Works, performed by Paul Crossley.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, soprano Barbara Bonney.

10.30am
Sarah Walker's guest is Dr Christian Jessen, the presenter the BAFTA award-winning 'Embarrassing Bodies'. He is involved in a number of public health campaigns and works closely with various health charities to look for new ways of educating people in health matters. He trained in general medicine, infectious diseases, travel medicine and sexual health, and has worked in Kenya and Uganda where he researched malaria and HIV interactions in children. He is a keen musician and plays the oboe.

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Fri 17 Aug 2012 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Vallier

    Toccatina

    Performers: Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67275.

  • 9.02:

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Sonata 'La Folia' Op. 1 No. 12

      Performers: Members of Musica Antiqua Köln

      • ARCHIV 447 285 2.

  • 9.11: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Gabriel Fauré

      Mazurka in B flat Op. 32

      Performers: Paul Crossley (piano)

      • CRD CRD3406.

  • Richard Wagner

    Overture: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

    Performers: Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    • ORFEO C161871.

  • 9.33: Artist of the Week - Barbara Bonney

    • Franz Lehár

      Vilja-Lied (The Merry Widow)

      Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Ronald Schneider (piano)

      • DECCA 473473 2.

  • 9.41:

    • Sweelinck

      Hexachord Fantasia

      Performers: Gustav Leonhardt (Organ of Grote of St Jakobskerk, the Hague)

      • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 88697 57632 2.

  • 9.52: Artist of the Week - Barbara Bonney

    • Gustav Mahler

      Das himmlische Leben (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

      Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

      • DECCA B000002902.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no 2 op 38

    Performers: Louis Lortie (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN10714.

  • 10.08:

    • Leclair

      Violin Concerto in D major Op. 7 No. 2

      Performers: Simon Standage (violin), Collegium Musicum 90

      • CHANDOS CHAN0551.

  • 10.25: Artist of the Week - Barbara Bonney

    • Robert Schumann

      Widmung Op. 25 No. 1

      Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Vladimir Ashnkenazy (piano)

      • DECCA 452 898 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Schönheit (2.30)

    Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Vladimir Ashnkenazy (piano)

    • DECCA 452 898 2.

  • 10.30: Dr Christian Jessen's Choices

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Masonic Funeral Music

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész (conductor)

      • DECCA 425 722 2.

  • Richard Strauss

    Entrance & Dance of the Tailors (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)

    Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 435 871 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Aug 2012 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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