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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Mark Damazer

With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Weber Overtures; Brainteaser; Artist of the Week: The Nash Ensemble; Sarah's Essential Choice: Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2.

with Sarah Walker and her guest, Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, Mark Damazer.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Weber: Overtures - Berlin Philharmonic, Karajan, DG. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Nash Ensemble

10.30am
In the week marking the 800th anniversary of the formal creation of the role of Chancellor of Oxford University, Sarah's guest is Mark Damazer CBE, Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, and former controller of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and Radio 7.

Previous to these posts, Mark had an extensive career in news and current affairs journalism working at ITN and at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ - in the World Service and on news programme such as Newsnight and the Nine O'Clock News. Later he was responsible for the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's news and current affairs journalism from Westminster, including Question Time, and Yesterday in Parliament, becoming Deputy Director of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News in 2001. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting.

Mark is a Board Member of the V&A, and of the Centre of Contemporary British History. He currently writes columns for The London Evening Standard and The Guardian.

Mark suffers the misfortunes of Tottenham Hotspur and enjoys opera, gardening and Italian painting.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dance, Suite No.2
Philharmonia Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor).

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat, Op.40

    Performer: Daniel Phillips. Performer: William Purvis. Performer: Richard Goode.
    • BRIDGE.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair)

    Orchestrator: Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • VOCALION.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Overture to β€˜Abu Hassan’

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    MΓ©ditation (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Sony.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del Gracioso

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • EMI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.

  • anon

    Who's Singing?

    Singer: anon.

  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

  • Carl Czerny

    Fantaisie brillante on themes from Figaro, Op.493

    Performer: Cyprien Katsaris.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Frederick Delius

    Brigg Fair

    Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Finale of Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • HYPERION.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto: Finale

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words, Op.67 No.4 "The Bees' Wedding"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • VOCALION.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dance, Suite No.2

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorΓ‘ti.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Who's Singing?

Don Giovanni, the anti hero of Mozart's eponymous opera, singing the 'Champagne aria'.

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The music played:

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Mozart

"Finch' han dal vino" (Don Giovanni)

Thomas Allen (baritone)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernard Haitink (conductor)

EMI CDS 747037

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