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Thursday - Sarah Walker with AC Grayling

With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: The Chamber Music of Malcolm Arnold; Artist of the Week: New York Philharmonic; Sarah's Essential Choice: Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale.

With Sarah Walker and her guest, the philosopher A.C. Grayling.

9am
A selection of music including Sarah's Essential CD of the Week: The Chamber Music of Malcolm Arnold performed by The Nash Ensemble.

9.30am
Classical Consequences
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happens next.

10.00am
Sarah is joined by philosopher and Master of the New College of the Humanities A.C. Grayling. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy and was chairman of this year's Man Booker Prize which was awarded last week.

10.30am
Artist of the Week
Throughout the week we explore recordings of The New York Philharmonic. Sarah showcases their interpretations of Bernstein, Schubert, Chausson, Brahms and Richard Strauss.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Stravinsky
Song of the Nightingale
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor).

3 hours

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Thu 23 Oct 2014 09:00
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture to Deidamia HWV 42

    Director: Ian Curtis. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco.
    • VIRGIN.

  • CD of the Week

    • Malcolm Arnold

      Oboe Quartet, Op. 61

      Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: Roger Chase. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Performer: Marcia Crayford. Performer: Christopher van Kampen.
      • HYPERION RECORDS.

  • CPE Bach

    Symphony in D, Wq 183/1

    Conductor: Manfred Huss. Ensemble: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien.
    • BIS.

  • Artists of the Week: New York Philharmonic

    • Charles Ives

      The Unanswered Question

      Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
      • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D, K239

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    'Che gelida manina' from La Boheme, Act 1

    Singer: Jan Peerce. Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.
    • Istituto Discografico Italiano.

  • AC Grayling's Choice No. 1

    • Joseph Haydn

      String Quartet in G, Op. 54 No. 1; 3rd movement

      Ensemble: Angeles Quartet.
      • PHILIPS.

  • AC Grayling's Choice No. 2

    • Franz Schubert

      Piano Quintet in A, D 667 'Trout'; 1st movement

      Performer: Corin Long. Performer: Thomas Adès. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
      • EMI.

  • Artists of the Week: New York Philharmonic

    • Johannes Brahms

      Variations on a Theme by Haydn

      Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
      • WARNER.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Emanual Ax.
    • Chopin: 4 Ballades, Scherzos, Mazurkas: Emanuel Ax.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

  • Essential Choice

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Song of the Nightingale

      Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
      • RCA.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Trio in D minor

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff.
    • EMI.

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