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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Brahms: Hungarian Dances and Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Monteverdi: Orfeo (Prologue).

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Brahms Hungarian Dances & Dvorak Slavonic Dances: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) DECCA 4784028

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, English tenor Ian Bostridge.

10.30am
Our guest this week is Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian newspaper. He is a keen amateur pianist and clarinettist, and has been chair of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain since 2004. His latest book Play it Again describes the year in which he learned to play Chopin's Ballade No.1, and he is also the author of a number of children's books, as well as a full-length animation film script, and a play about Beethoven.

11am
The Story of Music in 50 Pieces
No.9: Monteverdi: Orfeo (Prologue)

11.13am
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 (Unfinished)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 655-2.

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Fri 1 Feb 2013 09:00
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Music Played

  • Christian Sinding

    Rustle of Spring, Op. 32 No. 3

    Performers: John Ogden (piano)

    • EMI 268161-2.

  • 9.02: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Johannes Brahms

      Hungarian Dances: No. 21 in E minor (orch. Dvorak); No. 2 in in D minor (orch. Fischer); N

      Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

      • DECCA 478 4028.

  • 9.10am

    • Richard Strauss

      Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 11

      Performers: Peter Damm (horn), Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

      • EMI CMS 764342-2.

  • 9.27am

    • Trad.

      Greensleeves & Pudding Pyes

      Performers: Ulsamer Collegium, Josef Ulsamer (conductor)

      • DG 469 641-2.

  • 9.32am

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Konzertst眉ck No. 1 in F minor for clarinet, basset horn & orchestra, Op. 113

      Performers: Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Woflgang Meyer (basset horn), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito (director)

      • EMI 557359-2.

  • 9.42am

    • Alexander Borodin

      In the steppes of central Asia

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Cluytens.

      Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

      • DECCA 455 632-2.

  • 9.50am

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      String Quartet in F major, B.120 [fragment]: Allegro vivace

      Performers: Prague String Quartet

      • DG 463 165-2.

  • 10.01: Artist of the Week - Ian Bostridge

    • Benjamin Britten

      Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

      Performers: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Radek Babor谩k (horn), Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (conductor)

      • EMI 558049-2.

  • 10.25am

    • Erik Satie

      Gnossienne No.4

      Performers: Anne Queffelec (piano)

      • VIRGIN CLASSICS 686359-2.

  • 10.30: Alan Rusbridger's Choice

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131: Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

      Performers: Busch Quartet

      • PREISER 90172.

  • 10.48: Sarah's personal shopper piece for Alan Rusbridger

    • Robert Schumann

      Humoreske Op. 20: 2nd movement 'Hastig'

      Performers: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

      • DECCA 421 010-2.

  • 10.57am

    • Hans Neusidler

      Wie mocht ich frohlich werden

      Performers: Paul O'Dette (lute)

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907388.

  • 11am: The Story of Music

    • Claudio Monteverdi

      L'Orfeo: Toccata & Prologue

      Performers: La Musica: Emanuela Galli (soprano), Ensemble La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (director)

      • GLOSSA GES920913E.

  • 11.14am

    • Franz Schubert

      Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 'Unfinished'

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

      • DG 423 655-2.

  • 11.41am

    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      Septet, Op.65

      Performers: The Nash Ensemble

      • HYPERION CDA67431/2.

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