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Thursday - 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 Â鶹ԼÅÄ'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
Mahler
Symphony No. 1
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Thomas Morley

    Now is the month of maying

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    L'infedeltà delusa (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
  • Julius Isserlis

    Souvenir russe

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • RCA.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 2

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    For Ian

    Performer: John York.
    • Black Box.
  • Felice Anerio

    Litania Deiparae Virginis Mariae

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • CORO.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida: Prelude

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • EMI.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in D major, Op 12 No 1

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor).
    • DECCA.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
    • Sony.
  • Tobias Hume

    Maister Crasse his Almayne - A Galliard 5

    Performer: Concerto Caledonia. Performer: David McGuinness (director).
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 10 No. 3 in E major

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ruckert-Lieder: Liebst du um Schonheit

    Performer: Katerina Karneus (mezzo-soprano). Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano).
    • EMI.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Who am I?

Herbert von Karajan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for 35 years.

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