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Friday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker is joined by peace and environment activist Satish Kumar. Plus a daily brainteaser, and the next pianist in Peter Donohoe's survey of 50 Great Pianists.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: London Mozart Players conducted by Matthias Bamert perform symphonies by Michael Haydn: CHANDOS CHAN 9352

9.30am
A daily brainteaser, and Sarah's recommended performance by the next pianist in Peter Donohoe's survey of 50 Great Pianists. This week's focus is British piano music and pianism.

10.30am
The International Day of Peace is celebrated at the end of this week, and Sarah Walker's guest on Essential Classics is Satish Kumar, the current editor of Resurgence magazine, and long-term peace and environment activist. Born in India in 1936, he joined the wandering Jain sect at the age of only nine, but left them at 18 to devote himself to turning Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. He settled in the UK in 1973, and has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally-respected ecological and educational ventures including the Schumacher College International Centre for ecological studies in South Devon. A passionate advocate of nuclear disarmament, his most notable achievement was the 8000-mile 'pilgrimage for peace' which he and a friend undertook in 1962, walking between the four capitals of the nuclear world - Moscow, Paris, London and the USA - carrying no money, and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers. In his 50th year he undertook another similar pilgrimage, walking 2000 miles around the holy places of Britain to celebrate his love of life and nature. He has received honorary doctorates from the universities of Plymouth and Lancaster, and international awards for his peace work. In recognition of his commitment to animal welfare and compassionate living, he was recently elected vice-president of the RSPCA.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra in C major, Op. 56
David Oistrakh (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5 66219 2.

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Fri 21 Sep 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A flat, Op. 33 No. 7 (Presto)

    Performers: John Lill (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN9201.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • SONY S70475C/88697720602.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op. 39 No. 2

    Performers: Howard Shelley (piano)

    • HELIOS CDH55403.

  • 9.15: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Michael Haydn

      Symphony in A, P6

      Performers: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN9352.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Only Connect

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Scherzo No. 4 in E major

    Performers: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

    • DECCA 478 3206.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in C for 2 violins, strings and continuo, TWV 52

    Performers: Fabio Biondi, Andra Rognoni (violins), Europa Galante

    • AGOGIQUE AGO 005.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Performers: Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA66062.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in C for piano duet, K.521

    Performers: Sviatoslav Richter, Benjamin Britten (pianos)

    • DECCA 466 821-2.

  • 10.30: Satish Kumar's Choice

    • Hildegard von Bingen

      Columba aspexit

      Performers: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices: Emily Van Evera, Poppy Holden, Judith Stell (sopranos), Doreen Muskett (symphony), Christopher Page (director)

      • HYPERION CDA30009.

  • Personal Shopper

    • John Dowland

      Piper's Pavan; Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard

      Performers: Nigel North (lute)

      • NAXOS 8.557862.

  • Bainton

    And I Saw a New Heaven

    Performers: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • UNIVERSAL 179 5732.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra in C major, Op. 56

      Performers: David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

      • EMI 5 66219 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Performers: Quartetto di Roma

    • DISCANTICA 195.

  • Franz Liszt

    Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l'opera de Halevy, S409a

    Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67890.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Sep 2012 09:00
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