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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker and her guest, the chef and writer Tamasin Day-Lewis. Plus a daily brainteaser and music from our Artists of the Week and the Essential CD: Berlioz Overtures.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Berlioz Overtures - Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

10.30am
Sarah Walker's guest this week is the chef and writer Tamasin Day-Lewis. Tamasin (daughter of the poet Cecil Day-Lewis and actress Jill Balcon, and sister of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis) has a weekly food column for the Daily Telegraph, and also writes for Vanity Fair, Vogue and Food Illustrated. Her cookbooks have covered a range of rural recipes, from the preparation of seasonal dishes and picnics to the art of pie-baking and slow cooking. She is known for her unique writing style, incorporating personal memories and anecdotes as well as background information about ingredients into her cookbooks. Recent titles include Tamasin's Kitchen Bible, Supper for a Song and Food You Can't Say No To. She is currently writing a new cooking book, Smart Tart.

11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor).

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Music Played

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 'Revolutionary'

    Performers: Tamas Vasary (piano)

    • DG 477 5510.

  • 9.04: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Hector Berlioz

      Beatrice et Benedict: Overture

      Performers: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHSA 5118.

  • 9.12am

    • MarΓ­a Esteban de Valera

      Nana; Intermezzo

      Performers: Andres Segovia (guitar)

      • UNIVERSAL UMD80467.

  • 9.16am

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata in F major, Op. 10 No. 2

      Performers: Daniel Barenboim (piano)

      • EMI CZS 572912-2.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Only Connect

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

  • 9.32: Artists of the Week - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    • Jules Massenet

      Le Cid – ballet music: Castillane; Andalouse; Aragonaise; Aubade; Navaraise

      Performers: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis FrΓ©maux (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 763024-2.

  • 9.45am

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Flute Concerto in D major Op. 10 No. 3 (RV 428) 'Il Gardellino'

      Performers: Eckart Haupt (flute), Dresden Baroque Soloists, Peter Schreier (conductor)

      • BERLIN CLASSICS 1352BC.

  • 9.58am

    • Rose

      Holiday for Strings

      Performers: The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

      • HYPERION CDA67067.

  • 10.02am: Artists of the Week - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    • William Walton

      Crown Imperial

      Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.

      Performers: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis FrΓ©maux (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 764201-2.

  • 10.12am

    • Easdale arr. Wilson

      Ballet from 'The Red Shoes'

      Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN10636.

  • 10.30: Tamasin Day-Lewis's Choice

    • Francis Poulenc

      Concerto in D minor for two pianos and orchestra: Finale

      Performers: Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 426 284-2.

  • 10.42: Tamasin Day-Lewis's Choice

    • Gustav Holst

      Beni Mora: Second Dance

      Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

      • NAXOS 8.553696.

  • 10.51am

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Concerto in D major for trumpet, strings & continuo

      Performers: Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 420 954-2.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1880 Version)

      Performers: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

      • SONY SK93076.

  • 11.21am

    • Johannes Brahms

      Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor

      Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Jian Wang (cello), Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

      • DG 469 529-2.

  • 11.54am

    • Erik Satie

      Je te veux

      Performers: Juliette (singer), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902017.18.

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