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Wednesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy - London Baroque; Proms Artist Recommends; satirist and actor John Bird.

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'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.

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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Wed 21 Aug 2013 09:00
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  • Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.

Music Played

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes, Suite de Ballet: Tambourins I & II

    Performers: Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

    • AMBROISIE AM 152.

  • Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance), H155

    Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10729(6) X.

  • 9.07: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Giuseppe Tartini

      Suonata a tre in D minor

      Performers: London Baroque

      • BIS 2015.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture to Semiramide

    Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • EMI 7 69042 2.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Openings

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

  • Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op. 102: Scherzo

    Performers: Clifford Curzon (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 4389.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703

    Performers: Borodin Quartet

    • ONYX 4002.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Performers: Frank Braley (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMG 501883.

  • 10.00: Proms Artists Recommend

    • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

      Concerto for piano and orchestra no.1 in E minor, op.11 - 1st mvt

      Performers: Rafal Blechacz (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow (conductor)

      • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8088.

  • Hector Berlioz

    La spectre de la rose, from Les nuits d'ete

    Performers: Janet Baker (mezzo soprano), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • EMI 9 03771 2.

  • 10.30: John Bird's Choices

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Gigue

      Performers: Isabelle Faust (violin)

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902059.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

    Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 789-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture to Atalanta

    Performers: Alison Balsom (natural trumpet), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

    • EMI 4 40329 2.

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  • Wed 21 Aug 2013 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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