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Tuesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Impressions Francaises played by Juliette Hurel; Artist of the Week: the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Charpentier: Te Deum in D.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Impressions françaises played by flautist Juliette Hurel - ZIG ZAG ZZT 110401

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

10.30am
As part of Radio 3's Napoleon season, Sarah Walker's guest is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, Orlando Figes. He has written extensively on Russian history in particular, including A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924, which in 1997 received numerous awards including the Wolfson History Prize.

Other books include Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (2002) and The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia (2007) which were both short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Recent books include Crimea: The Last Crusade (2010) and Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag (2012).

As well as books, he also writes for the international press, broadcasts on television and radio, and reviews books for the New York Review of Books.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Charpentier: Te Deum in D major H.146
Le concert spiritual
HervΓ© Niquet (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD 92160.

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus Act V – Gigue

    Performers: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 479 0441.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Entracte 3

    Performers: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • NAÏVE V5130.

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor

    Performers: Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Markl (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572583.

  • 9.19: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Francis Poulenc

      Flute Sonata

      Performers: Juliette Hurel (flute), Hélène Couvert (piano)

      • ZIGZAG ZZT110401.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Critics' Corner

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

  • 9.32: Artists of the Week - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    • Gioachino Rossini

      La cambiale di matrimonio

      Performers: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 473 9672.

  • Hummel

    Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 87

    Performers: Lamar Crowson (piano), Melos Ensemble

    • DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 247.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my Life' (orch. Szell) - Vivace, meno Mosso

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8412.

  • 10.05: Artists of the Week - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

      Performers: Julia Fischer (violin), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

      • DECCA 478 0650 9.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Napoli – Caprice Italien

    Performers: Pascal Roge (piano)

    • DECCA 475 7097.

  • 10.30: Orlando Figes' Choices

    • Benjamin Britten

      Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

      Performers: Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

      • TELARC 80660.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise D.911)

    Singer: Florian Boesch. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.

    Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Klaus Billing (piano)

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

      Te Deum in D major H.146

      Performers: Le concert spiritual, Herve Niquet (conductor)

      • GLOSSA GCD 921603.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian'

    Performers: Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    • DG 477 3022.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Dec 2012 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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