Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy - London Baroque; Proms Artist Recommends: Stephen Hough on the Kyrie from Dvorak's Mass in D.
with Sarah Walker
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy' - London Baroque, BIS-2015; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. Today, Stephen Hough recommends the Kyrie from Dvorak's Mass in D.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the satirist, actor and comedian, John Bird. He is best known for his contributions in Bremner, Bird and Fortune, an award-winning political comedy show on Channel 4. It included a series of sketches called The Long Johns, featuring Bird and John Fortune, who met as students at King's College, Cambridge. Bird also appeared in That Was the Week That Was (a title which he coined) in the 1960s, as well as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Other television appearances include Yes Prime Minister and Jonathan Creek.
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Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.
Music Played
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra: Polka
Performers: Members of the CBC Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
- SONY SMK 46296.
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9.02: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Balletto in G, Op. 3 No. 3
Performers: London Baroque
- BIS 2015.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
- DECCA 436 651-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet for flute and strings in D, K.285
Performers: William Bennett (flute), Grumiaux Trio: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Georges Janzer (viola), Eva Czako (cello)
- PHILIPS 422 835-2.
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9.30am:Today's Brainteaser - Who's Dancing?
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Modest Mussorgsky
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells, from Pictures at an Exhibition
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
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Hector Berlioz
Overture, BΓ©atrice et BΓ©nΓ©dict
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
- SONY 88697720602.
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George Frideric Handel
'Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori', from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Performers: Christopher Purves (bass), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67842.
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Ήσ°ω²Ή²ΤΓ§²ΉΎ±³ζ
Concertino in G for piano and orchestra
Performers: Claude Ήσ°ω²Ή²ΤΓ§²ΉΎ±³ζ (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY 478 5092.
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10am: Proms Artists Recommend: Stephen Hough
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AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k
Kyrie from Mass in D, Op. 86
Performers: Dorothea RΓΆschmann (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor), Johannes Manno (bass), Edgar Krapp (organ), Frankfurter Kantorei, Wolfgang SchΓ€fer (conductor)
- ARS MUSICI AM 1080-2.
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Francis Poulenc
Melancolie; Nocturne no.4 in C minor, 'Bal fantome'; Improvisation no.8 in A minor
Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67890.
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Gioachino Rossini
String Sonata no.1 in G
Performers: I Musici
- NEWTON CLASSICS 8802041.
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10.30: John Bird's Choices
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Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka: 1st Tableau
Performers: The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
- DG 477 8730.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 93 in D, Hob I:93: III Minuet & Trio; IV Finale
Performers: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- NAΓVE V5176.
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Mozart
Gigue, K574
Performers: Caliban Quartet
- CBC RECORDS MVCD 1116.
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