Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Music on the Brink: London

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: English Fantasia; The music and culture of London on the eve of World War One; Sarah's Essential Choice: Bridge: Dance Poem.

Sarah Walker and at 10.30am her guest, the historian Charles Emmerson, discussing the music and cultural trends in London 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: Only Connect

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 London 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", 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.

11am
Essential Choice: Music on the Brink - London

Bridge
Dance Poem
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Fri 10 Jan 2014 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Music on the Brink: St Petersburg

Next

Monday - Rob Cowan with Nigel Williams

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Blute nur, du liebes Herze (St Matthew Passion)

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Karl MΓΌnchinger.
    • Philips.

  • anon

    Only Connect

    Conductor: anon.

  • Amy Beach

    Serenade after Richard Strauss's Ständchen

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in F, Op. 24 'Spring'

    Performer: Josef Suk. Performer: Jan Panenka.
    • Supraphon.

  • Frank Bridge

    Dance Poem

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Edward Elgar

    Elegy

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

  • CΓ©cile Chaminade

    L' Ondine [The Water sprite] Op.101

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 6.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Winterreigen: Widmung; Valse amiable

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express: Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • Argo.
    • 13.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op.36)

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

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • LONDON.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Warner.

  • Gustav Holst

    Second Suite for Military Band, Op. 28 No. 2

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Trumpet Overture, Op 101

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 3

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10-13.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Luonnotar, Op.70

    Singer: Soile Isokoski. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Ondine.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Irish Rhapsody No. 4, Op. 141 'The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw'

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.

Today’s Brainteaser Answer

Only Connect

The connection was Winter.

The music played:

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8402Β 


Britten
'At day close in November' (from Winter Words)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Jennifer Partridge (piano)
ASV CDQS6172Β Β 


Vivaldi
'Winter', Concerto No. 4 in F Minor from The Four Seasons, Op. 8, RV 297: Allegro
Andrew Manze (violin)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman (director)
ERATO 94811

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Jan 2014 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.

Gallery