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Thursday - 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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Thu 22 Aug 2013 09:00
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  • Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.

Music Played

  • Purcell, arr. Berio

    The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a merry and altogether sincer

    Performers: Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 476 2830.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    My Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: Overture, Op. 62

    Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • DG 469 366-2.

  • 9.11: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Pietro Locatelli

      Sonata in D, Op. 8 No. 8

      Performers: London Baroque

      • BIS 2015.

  • Arensky

    Concert Valse

    Performers: Sergei Nakaryakov (trumpet), Alexander Markovich (piano)

    • TELDEC 2564 67209-4.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Where am I?

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

  • Albrechtsberger

    Fugue in C for strings

    Performers: Camerata Bern, Thomas FΓΌri (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 477 9990.

  • GyΓ¶rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for piano, four hands

    Performers: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Irina Kataeva (piano)

    • SONY SK 62307.

  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Canzona prima a 4, 'Sopra Rugier'; Canzona Quinta a 4

    Performers: Les Basses RΓ©unies, Bruno Cocset (conductor)

    • ALPHA 053.

  • Gustav Mahler

    'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' (Ruckert-Lieder)

    Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Berlin Philharmonic, Karl Bohm (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 9375.

  • 10.30: Proms Artists Recommend

    • Robert Schumann

      Dichterliebe, op.39

      Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Antonio Pappano (piano)

      • DECCA 470 289-2.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Consort VIII

    Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Gothic harp)

    • OBSIDIAN CD705.

  • 10.30: John Bird's Choices

    • Robert Schumann

      5 StΓΌcke im Volkston: No. 1 Mit Humor

      Performers: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)

      • DECCA 417 833-2.

  • Berio

    Sinfonia: Section 3

    Performers: Swingle Singers, New York Philharmonic, Luciano Berio (conductor)

    • SONY 49992.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in E, BWV 854, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk1

    Performers: Peter Hill (piano)

    • DELPHIAN DCD34126.

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  • Thu 22 Aug 2013 09:00
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