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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Chris Beardshaw

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Cello World: Steven Isserlis with Thomas Ades, Artist of the Week: Alina Ibragimova and Sarah's guest, garden designer Chris Beardshaw.

with Sarah Walker and her guest, the garden designer and broadcaster Chris Beardshaw.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Cello World, featuring Steven Isserlis with Thomas Ades. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Alina Ibragimova

10.30am
In the week of the Chelsea Flower Show, Sarah's guest is the award-winning garden designer and broadcaster Chris Beardshaw.

Chris is principally trained in landscape architecture and separately as a horticulturalist, which makes him a rare combination in the garden design world. His enthusiasm for plants, good design and the desire to work in harmony with the natural landscape and wildlife is reflected throughout his work.

His long broadcasting career includes the 麻豆约拍's Gardeners' World and series such as Hidden Gardens and the hugely popular The Flying Gardener, amongst many others. He is also a regular expert on Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time panel, where he intrepidly faces a live audience of gardening enthusiasts!

Chris has received over 15 RHS medals, many of which are Best in Shows and Gold awards, as well as a growing selection of international accolades. He has also written a number of books, including 100 Plants that Almost Changed the World, and he currently contributes columns for The English Garden Magazine and for Garden News.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Bach
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Nancy Argenta (soprano)
Patricia Kwella (soprano)
Charles Brett (countertenor)
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor)
David Thomas (bass)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

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Wed 21 May 2014 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Contredanse (La lyre enchant茅e)

    Performer: Ex Cathedra Choir. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sinfonia in D major, Wq 183

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (The Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Dudley Moore. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.

  • Hubert L茅onard

    Donkey and Driver

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • RCA.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola: Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • CDM7690422.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • anon

    Puzzle

    Conductor: anon.

  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Boyce

    Symphony No. 3 in C major

    Performer: The English Concert. Performer: Trevor Pinnock (conductor).
    • ARCHIV.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet No. 13 in A minor 'Rosamunde'

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • APARTE.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf

    Narrator: Sting. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Consort XII

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence-King (harp).
    • ORCHID.

  • Eric Coates

    Miniature Suite

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D, BWV 243: Aria V 鈥楩or he that is mighty鈥�; Aria IX 鈥楬e hath filled the hungry鈥�

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: Charles Brett. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Philips.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor).
    • EMI.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Puzzle

Odd one out: Bach, Delius, and Rodrigo all went blind (Rodrigo aged just 3) but Beethoven became deaf, so Beethoven is the odd one out.

听

The music played:


Rodrigo
2nd movement Concerto de Aranjuez
Narciso Yepes (guitar)
Spanish National Orchestra
Ataulfo Argenta (conductor)
FORLANE UCD 10901听听

听

Beethoven
1st mvmt Allegro - Piano sonata no 23 鈥楢ppassionata鈥櫶� 1804-5
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 425 838 2 听听


Delius
Sea Drift (Shine! Shine! Shine!)
Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
EMI CDM 565 113 2听

听

Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no 5 (1st mvmt)
European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord/director)
AVIE AV2115听

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