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Thursday - Sarah Walker with William Boyd

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana; Proms Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti.

Sarah Walker's guest this week is the author William Boyd. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Where am I?

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti

10:30
Sarah's guest this week is the prize-winning African-born author and screenwriter William Boyd, whose novels include A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Any Human Heart and Solo - a new James Bond novel continuing the adventures of Ian Fleming's spy hero. His screenplays include Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin, recalling the glamorous life of the famous silent-film star, and The Trench (which Boyd also directed), set 24 hours before the battle of the Somme, and an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.

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Thu 14 Aug 2014 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Piatti

    Concerto con violincello obligato in D

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Musique D'Abord.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda: Dance of the hours

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’: Allegretto

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.

  • James Scott Skinner

    The Hurricane (Spey in Spate & The Hurricane)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Ewen Vernal. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Tony Byrne. Performer: Éamon Doorley.
    • Decca.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Horn Trio in E flat major, Op 40 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francis Orval. Performer: György Sebök. Performer: Arthur Grumiaux.
    • Pentatone.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Decca.

  • Christian Cannabich

    Sinfonia in E flat

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln.
    • Teldec.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Die Hussiten vor Naumburg: Entr’acte III

    Conductor: Thomas Fey. Orchestra: Mannheimer Mozartorchester.
    • Hanssler Classics.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fruhlingsnacht

    Performer: James Rhodes. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Signum.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (Aida)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • Marches in Hi-Fi: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Richard Wagner

    Walhall (Ring of the Nibelungen)

    Performer: LlÅ·r Williams. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Signum.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Where am I?

The Teatro Colón, the principal opera house in Buenos Aires. Named after the explorer Christopher Columbus, it finally opened in 1908 with a performance of Verdi’s Aida. Its remarkable acoustical properties place it among the five best international concert venues.

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