Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - Complete Ballets; Artist of the Week: John Eliot Gardiner; Essential Choice: Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky - Complete Ballets, Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) DECCA 478 4273
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Baroque Spring Artist of the Week, John Eliot Gardiner, one of the great pioneers of early music performance.
10.30am
Sarah Walker guest's this week Professor Germaine Greer, theorist, academic and journalist, who holds an emeritus professorship in English Literature and Comparative Studies at the University of Warwick. Prof. Greer is best known for her work in twentieth century feminism: she has defined her goal as 'women's liberation' as distinct from 'equality with men', asserting that women's liberation means embracing gender differences in a positive fashion. Her ideas about gender and sexuality have provoked controversy since the release of her 1970 book, The Female Eunuch. Some of her other books include Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility, The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause, and Shakespeare's Wife.
11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Brian Gordon and Ashley Stafford (countertenors)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
David Thomas (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
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George Frideric Handel
Terpsichore: Gigue
Performers: English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- WARNER ELATUS 2564603352.
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Pierre Francisque Caroubel arr. Michael Praetorius
Dances from Terpsichore: Bransles
Performers: The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67240.
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Franz von Suppè
Overture to 'Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend'
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHSA 5110.
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9.20: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act I Scene 2 (excerpt)
Performers: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
- DECCA 478 4273.
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Today's Brainteaser
Famous Introductions
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.32: Artist of the Week - John Eliot Gardiner
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Jubliate Deo omnis terra
Performers: Monteverdi Choir, Instrumentalists - Friends of the Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- PHILIPS 446 116 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 42 in G, Hob. XVI:27
Performers: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10689.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade in E minor Op.20
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
- TELDEC 9031732792.
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10.05: Artist of the Week - John Eliot Gardiner
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea: Act III conclusion
Performers: Poppea: Sylvia McNair (soprano), Nerone: Dana Hanchard (mezzo soprano), Arnalta: Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Ottavia: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Ottone: Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Marinella Pennicchi, Catherine Bott & Constanze Backes (sopranos), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 447 088 2.
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10.30: Prof. Germaine Greer's Choices
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Act III Prelude
Performers: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Bohm (conductor)
- DG 439 687 2.
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Johannes Brahms
Four Songs for Harp, 2 French Horns and Women's Choir, Op. 17
Performers: Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Stefan Jezierski and Manfred Klier (horns), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Marcus Creed (conductor)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901592.
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Michael Praetorius
Dances from Terpsichore - La Canarie
Performers: The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67240.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Henry Purcell
Hail, Bright Cecilia!
Performers: Jennifer Smith (soprano), Brian Gordon and Ashley Stafford (countertenors), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), David Thomas (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
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Broadcast
- Wed 6 Mar 2013 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.
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Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.
