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Music on the Brink: Vienna

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: English Fantasia; Music and culture of Vienna on the eve of World War One; Sarah's Essential Choice: Korngold: Sinfonietta.

A century ago in January 1914, the world was preparing for war. This week Radio 3's season Music on the Brink looks at the musical and cultural life of Europe on the eve of war ? as part of World War One on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

Each day on Essential Classics, Sarah Walker relives the sounds of a different European city ? Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St Petersburg and London ?
at this momentous time in history. Sarah and her guest, the historian and writer on international affairs Charles Emmerson, discuss the cultural trends affecting each city and hear music that would have been performed in those cities on the eve of war.

Charles Emmerson is the author of 1913: The World Before the Great War, which tells the stories of twenty-three cities across the world - from Europe's capitals and the emerging metropolises of America, to the imperial cities of Asia and Africa. He has worked for the International Crisis Group, the World Economic Forum, and is currently a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, working on resource security issues, foreign policy and global geopolitics. He is also the author of The Future History of the Arctic.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: English Fantasia: favourite works of Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30: Who's Dancing?

10am
Artist of the Week: Elly Ameling

10.30am
Sarah and her guest the historian and writer on international affairs Charles Emmerson discuss the music and cultural trends in Vienna on the eve on World War One, as part of Radio 3's Music on the Brink season.

11am
Essential Choice: Music on the Brink - Vienna

Korngold
Sinfonietta, Op. 5
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert (conductor).

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Mon 6 Jan 2014 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Eduard Strauss

    Bahn Frei!, Op 45

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Decca.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 39 in G minor 'The Fist'

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit. Orchestrator: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra.
    • Nimbus.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Notre Dame (Act 1 Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • anon

    Place that Piece

    Conductor: anon.

  • Franz Schreker

    Prelude to a Drama

    Orchestra: Radio Symphonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michael David Nielsen.
    • Koch Schwann.

  • Eric Coates

    Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenroslein; Gretchen am Spinnrade

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Performer: Dalton Baldwin.
    • Philips.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento (K.270) in B flat major for 2 ob, 2 hn & 2 bn, [complete]

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 (4th mvt, 'Adagietto')

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Romanian Folk Dances (selection)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ΅n Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta in B major, Op 5

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Franz Liszt

    The Fountains of the Villa d'Este

    Performer: Lazar Berman.
    • DG.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schon rosmarin

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Charles Reiner.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

Today's Brainteaser Answer

The place was: Knightsbridge, London.
The music:
Eric CoatesKnightsbridge (London Suite)Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ PhilharmonicRumon Gamba (conductor)CHANDOS CHAN9869

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  • Mon 6 Jan 2014 09:00
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