Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Artists of the Week: the Melos Ensemble; Novelist and journalist Andrew Martin; Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 43 (CD Review Building a Library).
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week - Albinoni: 12 Concertos Op.9 with the Academy of Ancient Music - DECCA 4591292.
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser from one of our listeners, and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Melos Ensemble.
10.30am
Sarah Walker's guest this week is the novelist and journalist Andrew Martin, whose writing career was launched when he won The Spectator Young Writer of the Year Award in 1988. Since then he has written for The Guardian, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, the Independent and Granta, among other publications. His columns have appeared in ES Magazine, the Independent on Sunday and the New Statesman.
Andrew is also a prolific novelist. The Necropolis Railway was the first in the series of historical thrillers featuring the railwayman turned railway policeman, Jim Stringer. It was followed by The Blackpool Highflyer, The Lost Luggage Porter, Murder at Deviation Junction, Death on A Branch Line, and The Last Train to Scarborough, all of which are published by Faber. Murder at Deviation Junction and Death on a Branch Line were both shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Crime Awards in 2007 and 2008, and Andrew was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger In The Library Award 2008 for the entire series. The new Jim Stringer novel, The Somme Stations, is out in March.
11am
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D Op.43
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia-Hymni
Performers: Helsinki University Chorus, Matti Hyokki (conductor)
- FINLANDIA FACD 205 S.
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Franz Berwald
Estrella de Soria – Overture
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulf Bjorlin (conductor)
- EMI 5 65866 2.
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9.12: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto a 5 in B flat, Op. 9 No. 1 for violin, strings and continuo
Performers: Andrew Manze (violin), Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
- DECCA 4581292.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E flat, Hob. XVI:25
Performers: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67882.
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Today's Brainteaser
Mystery Piece
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.37: Artists of the Week - The Melos Ensemble
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Robert Schumann
Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 – Rasch und mit Feuer
Performers: The Melos Ensemble
- EMI 9185142.
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Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: 'Spring'
Performers: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
- VIRGIN 5 61980 2.
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10.00: Artists of the Week - The Melos Ensemble
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op. 34
Performers: The Melos Ensemble
- EMI 9185142.
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Percy Grainger
English Dance
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10638(19).
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10.30: Andrew Martin's Choices
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' – Andante molto mosso
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Bohm (conductor)
- DG 447 4332.
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Maurice Ravel - Tombeau de Couperin – Toccata
Performers: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
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William Crotch
How Dear are Thy Counsels
Performers: Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
- PORTRAIT PLC2102.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review
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Scarlatti-Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 5 in D minor
Performers: The Avison Ensemble
- DIVINE ART DDA21213.
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