Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Shami Chakrabarti
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Verdi Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music; Mystery Voice; Artists of the Week: The Hagen Quartet; Shami Chakrabarti; Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1.
With Sarah Walker and her guest, human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti.
9am
A selection of music including Sarah's Essential CD of the Week: Verdi's Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music performed by the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic Orchestra.
9.30am
Mystery Voice
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Try to identify the character who is singing.
Artists of the Week: The Hagen Quartet, an Austrian group long admired for their collaborative spirit, quality of sound and range of recordings. Sarah will showcase music ranging from Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven to Hugo Wolf.
10.30am
Sarah is joined by Shami Chakrabarti, who shares some of her favourite classical music. Director of the British advocacy organisation Liberty since 2003, Shami Chakrabarti is a leading human rights campaigner. She talks to Sarah about her career as well as the role classical music has played in her life.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Rachmaninov
Symphony No.1 in D minor Op.13
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DG.
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Music Played
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in A flat, Op. 64 no. 3
Performer: Claudio Arrau.- Philips.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Prelude to 'Un ballo in maschera'
Performer: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Downes.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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George Frideric Handel
My heart is inditing HWV261
Choir: Clare College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra.- OBSIDIAN.
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Eric Coates
The Three Elizabeths: I. Halcyon Days
Orchestra: The London Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.- Land of Hope and Glory.
- Decca.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Cypresses (No 1)
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Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda 'Cielo e mar!'
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi.- DECCA.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
- Chandos.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 'American'
Performer: Hagen Quartett.- DG.
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Josef Suk
Things lived and dreamt [Zivotem a snem] for piano (Op.30), no.8;
Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.- Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
- Chandos.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claus Peter Flor.- RCA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Musical Challenge - Mystery Voice
Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- DECCA.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens.- EMI.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1
Performer: Russian National Orchestra. Choir: Mikhail Pletnev.- DG.
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Igor Stravinsky
Three movements for piano - Russian Dance
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
Today's Answer - Mystery Voice
Manrico, singing "Di Quella Pira" from Verdi’s Il Trovatore.
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Manrico: Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milan
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
DG
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