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Music on the Brink: Paris

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: English Fantasia; Music and culture of Paris on the eve of World War One; Sarah's Essential Choice: Ravel: Piano Trio.

Sarah Walker and at 10.30am her guest, the historian Charles Emmerson, discussing the music and cultural trends in Paris on the eve of World War One.

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: Critic's Corner

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 Paris on the eve on World War 1, as part of Radio 3's Music on the Brink season.

Charles Emmerson is the author of "1913: The World Before the Great War", and "The Future History of the Artic" 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.

11am
Essential Choice: Music on the Brink - Paris

Ravel
Piano Trio
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Frank Braley (piano).

3 hours

Last on

Tue 7 Jan 2014 09:00

Music Played

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto No.4 in A minor in 7 parts after Scarlatti

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • DIVINE ART.
  • Jules Massenet

    Aragonaise (Le Cid)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major 'con molti strumenti', RV.558

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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

    Le corsaire

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
  • Thoinot Arbeau

    Belle qui tiens ma vie

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Warner.
  • Richard Wagner

    Good Friday Music (Parsifal)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • EMI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Philips.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor, Op 90

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Nightingale: The Nightingale's Aria

    Singer: Olga Trionova. Singer: Robert Tear. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Robert Craft.
    • Naxos.
  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Singer: Juliette. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A minor

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.4 in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • Albany.

Today's Brainteaser: Can you identify the writer of this quote?

The writer was Richard Wagner. He was writing to Theodor Uhlig, the illegitimate son of King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Theodor was a member of his father's orchestra, which Wagner conducted.

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