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Thursday - 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; Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No 3.

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
For 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

Saint-SaΓ«ns: Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor Op.61
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
Edouard Van Remoortel (conductor)
PHILIPS 4208872.

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Thu 6 Dec 2012 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    Malta GC Gay March: Quick March Tempo

    Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10126.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes Op. 33a

    Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8473.

  • 9.19: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Gabriel FaurΓ©

      Sicilienne

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

      • ZIGZAG ZZT110401.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata for violin and basso continuo in D major, RV 816

    Performers: Anton Steck (violin), Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli (director)

    • NAÏVE OP30534.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Where am I?

      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

    • William Walton

      Battle of Britain: March Introduction - Siegfried Music

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

      • CHANDOS CHAN 8870.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus a 6

    Performers: Ann Monoyios (soprano), Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Mark Tucker (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass), English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 429 5652.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Variations on 'Ah vous dirai-je, maman' K.26

    Performers: Ingrid Haebler (piano)

    • PHILIPS 456 132 2.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Rusalka 'Song to the Moon'

    Performers: Kate Royal (soprano), English National Opera Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

    • EMI 2681922.

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

    • Stamitz

      Clarinet Concerto No. 7 in E flat

      Performers: Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown (director)

      • EMI 0965112.

  • 10.30: Orlando Figes' Choices

    • Johannes Brahms

      Violin Concerto - Allegro Giocoso, Ma Non Troppo

      Performers: Nathan Milstein (violin), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Wilhelm Hans Steinberg (conductor)

      • EMI 567584.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Four Pieces Op. 51

    Performers: Evgeny Kissin (piano)

    • DG 427 4852.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

      Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

      Performers: Henryk Szeryng (violin), Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, Edouard Van Remoortel (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 420 887 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D KV485

    Performers: Ingrid Haebler (piano)

    • PHILIPS 4561322.

  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Symphony in G 'La Festa Della Pace'

    Performers: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10351.

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  • Thu 6 Dec 2012 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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