Thursday - Sarah Walker with Howard Brenton
With Sarah Walker. Essential CD of the Week: Glinka - Overtures and Dances; Artist of the Week: Maria Joao Pires; Playwright Howard Brenton; Sarah's Essential Choice: Maria Callas.
Sarah Walker with her guest, the playwright and screenwriter Howard Brenton.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Glinka - Overtures and Dances featuring the USSR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov, and at 9.30am, our daily brainteaser: What am I?
10am
Artist of the Week: Maria Joao Pires
10.30am
This week, Sarah's guest is the award-winning playwright and screenwriter Howard Brenton. Known for his state-of-the-nation political comedies and satires, his plays have included #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, The Churchill Play, Weapons of Happiness, Anne Boleyn, 55 Days (a fictional meeting between Cromwell and Charles I) and, with David Hare, Pravda and Brassneck. He has written a number of screenplays, including episodes for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV series, Spooks, and has produced translations of plays by Goethe, Brecht and Georg Büchner.
11am
Essential Choice: Maria Callas.
In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, Sarah Walker presents classic recordings from her spectacular operatic career.
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Music Played
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphonic Variations
Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.- Naxos.
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Anonymous
Petits riens
Ensemble: Allegorie.- ALPHA.
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Max Bruch
Romance in F major Op.85
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier: 'La mamma morta'
Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philhamonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- EMI.
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Christian Cannabich
Sinfonia in E flat major
Ensemble: Concerto Köln.- Warner.
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Ernest Chausson
Viviane
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Frédéric Chopin
Study in C major, Op.10 no.1
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Spanish Overture No 1
Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.- Regis.
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Olivier Messiaen
Dieu parmi nous (La Nativité du Seigneur)
Performer: Olivier Latry.- DG.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K.453
Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Giovanni Paisiello
Il Duello Comico, Overture
Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Enrique Mazzola.- Paisielle: Overtures and Symphonies: Enrique Mazzola.
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Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16: Ausserst bewegt; Sehr langsam
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- Sony.
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Robert Schumann
Romance No 2 in F sharp major (Three Romances, Op 28)
Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Gloria in D major, RV 589
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Katharine Gowers. Singer: Margaret Cameron. Singer: Lucy Ballard. Singer: Elinor Carter.- Vivaldi: Gloria, Handel: Gloria, Dixit Dominus: John Eliot Gardiner.
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Today’s Brainteaser Answer
Where am I?
Tintagel, the village on the north Cornish coast. It’s said to have been the site of King Arthur’s court, and it’s also associated with the legend of Tristan.
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