Friday - Sarah Walker with Mark Damazer
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Weber Overtures; Brainteaser: Only Connect; Artist of the Week: The Nash Ensemble; Sarah's Essential Choice: Bartok: Dance Suite.
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
Bartok
Dance Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor).
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Music Played
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George Butterworth
11 Folk-songs from Sussex..., no. 11; Tarry Trowsers
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.- George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
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George Frideric Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Laredo.- I.M.P..
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Chandos.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Only Connect
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Arnold Bax
Elegiac Trio
Performer: Philippa Davies. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Skaila Kanga.- Hyperion.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Fair Melusina, Op 32
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Papageno's aria from the Magic Flute)
Singer: Mikael Melbye. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Philips.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piano Quintet in C minor
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Hyperion.
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Giuseppe Verdi
"Io vengo a domandar" (Don Carlo, Act I)
Singer: JosΓ© Carreras. Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- EMI.
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Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chandos.
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Francesco Mancini
Sonata in G minor - Allegro
Performer: Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players.- CHANDOS.
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BΓ©la BartΓ³k
Dance Suite
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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John Dowland
Preludium
Performer: Nigel North (lute).- CRD.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 βThe Troutβ
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- CRD.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Only Connect
The connection was the Flute.
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The music played:
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Mozart
Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Papageno's aria from the Magic Flute)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 422543 2
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Walter Piston
Polka Finale from The Incredible Flutist
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
RCA RD60798
Μύ
Ravel
La Flute Enchantee, from Sheherazade
Maria Ewing (soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 754204 2
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