Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Mendelssohn Part Songs; Proms Artist Recommends: Paul Watkins; Sarah's Essential Choice: Respighi: Fountains of Rome.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Mendelssohn Part Songs, Netherlands Chamber Choir, GLOBE GLO5075, and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
A new feature for the 2013 Proms Season: 'Proms Artist Recommends'.
An artist performing later today in the 麻豆约拍 Proms recommends three musical works, and on Essential Classics we'll play one of those pieces around 10am. Today's artist is Paul Watkins.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the lawyer and former President of the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicolas Bratza. Among his many positions, Sir Nicolas is a member of the Advisory Council and former Vice-Chairman of the British Institute of Human Rights, a member of the Advisory Board of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and a member of the Editorial Board of the European Human Rights Law Review.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
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Bridge
La Romanesca (The Pageant of London, H98)
Performers: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN10729.
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9.01: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lob des Fr眉hlings; Fr眉hlingslied
Performers: Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay (conductor)
- GLOBE GLO5075.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto 'per la Solennit脿 di S Lorenzo', RV 556
Performers: Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott (director)
- EMI CDC 747 700 2.
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Francaix
Petit quatuor pour saxophones
Performers: Rollin鈥� Phones
- BIS BIS-CD-466.
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9.30am
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Today's Brainteaser
Spot the Openings
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Franz von Supp猫
Overture: Pique Dame
Performers: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)
- MERCURY 434 309 2.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet in E minor
Performers: Karl Kaiser (flute), Petra M眉llejans (violin), Stefan M眉hleisen (cello), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (lute), Torsten Johann (harpsichord)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902045.
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10am: Proms Artists Recommend - Paul Watkins
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations (Variation 16 鈥� end)
Performers: Glenn Gould (piano)
- CBS CD37779.
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10.30: Sir Nicolas Bratza's Choices
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello: final scene
Performers: Otello: Placido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Bastille Opera, Myung Whun Chung (conductor)
- DG 439 805 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G Minor, K.516: Final Adagio 鈥� Allegro
Performers: Amadeus Quartet with Cecil Aronowitz聽(violin)
- DG聽431 149 2.
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Cavalli
Sinfonia from Elena
Performers: Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (director)
- NA脧VE V5286.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Ottorino Respighi
The Fountains of Rome
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
- DG 415 846 2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4
Performers: Hagen Quartet
- DG 459 611 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053
Performers: Murray Perahia (piano/conductor), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- SONY CLASSICAL SK 89245.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053
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