Thursday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon
With Sarah Walker. Includes CD of the Week: Imogen Holst conducts Gustav Holst; Artists of the Week: Orchestra of the 18th Century; 15 Georgian Pleasures: William Billings: Chester.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Imogen Holst conducts Gustav Holst, English Chamber Orchestra: LYRITA SRCD223. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the charismatic and versatile radio and television presenter, Richard Bacon. After a spell on Blue Peter, he went on to co-present Channel 4's Big Breakfast. He has also presented Top of the Pops, and has guest-presented The Wright Stuff and This Morning, as well as radio drive-time shows on Xfm and Capital FM. He currently hosts the mid-afternoon slot on Radio 5 Live, and the ITV daytime game show, Show Me the Telly.
Richard admits to being a novice when it comes to classical music, but is eager to discover more about it. So, he's asking listeners from Radio 5Live and Radio 3 to suggest works that would help him on his musical journey.
11am
18th Century Season: 15 Georgian Pleasures. Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn to introduce:
William Billings
Chester
His Majestie's Clerkes
Paul Hillier (conductor).
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Music Played
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat, K252 (4th mvt, Presto Assai)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Niccolò Paganini
Moto perpetuo, Op 11
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich. Music Arranger: Mikhail Nakariakov.- Teldec.
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Gustav Holst
Nocturne (A Moorside Suite)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.- Lyrita.
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Frédéric Chopin
Fantasy on Polish Airs, op.13
Performer: Nelson Goerner. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.- FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie no.1
Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw (piano).- EMI.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie no.2
Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw (piano).- EMI.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie no.3
Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw (piano).- EMI.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Juan (finale act)
Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ERATO.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D, RV 90 ('Il gardellino')
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.- VIVARTE.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor, RV 104, 'La notte'
Performer: Frans Brüggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.- VIVARTE.
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley, op.1
Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Davis (conductor.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, K 361 (3rd mvt, Adagio)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra: 5th movement
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Marin Marais
Gigue from Alcione (3rd Suite)
Performer: Pierre Hantai (harpsichord).- ALIA VOX.
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Alexander Glazunov
The Seasons
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Edvard Grieg
'God's Son Has Set Me Free', from 4 Psalms, op.74
- BIS.
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