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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. 9.00am CD of the Week: Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy - London Baroque. 10.00am Proms Artist Recommends: Antoni Wit on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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'. Antoni Wit chooses Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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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Fri 23 Aug 2013 09:00
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  • Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.

Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries (arr. Crab and Draugsvoll)

    Performers: James Crabb, Geir Draugsvoll (accordions)

    • EMI 5 69705 2.

  • 9.01: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Domenico Gallo

      Sonata No. 1 in G

      Performers: London Baroque

      • BIS 2015.

  • Robert White

    Christe qui lux es et dies

    Performers: Stile Antico

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807572.

  • Ibert

    Divertissement

    Performers: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 3188.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Only Connect

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C for piano, Hob. XVII:4

    Performers: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • TELDEC 0630-17141-2.

  • Wolf

    Mörike-Lieder: Gebet; Storchenbotschaft

    Performers: Werner GΓΌra (tenor), Jan Schultsz (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951882.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in C - 'Hamburger Ebb' und Flut' (Water Music) - Bouree, Harlequinade and Gigue

    Performers: Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

    • ARCHIV 479 1045.

  • 10am: Proms Artists Recommend: Antoni Wit

    • Modest Mussorgsky

      Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

      Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)

      • SONY 88697720602.

  • 10.30: John Bird's Choices

    • Johannes Brahms

      Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119 No. 1

      Performers: Libby Bird (piano)

      • [Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ recording].

  • Pierre Boulez

    MΓ©moriale, for solo flute and 8 instruments

    Performers: Sophie Cherrier (flute), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • DG 480 6828.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in C - 'Hamburger Ebb' und Flut' (Water Music) - Canarie, 'Die lustigen Bootsleut

    Performers: Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel

    • ARCHIV 479 1045.

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