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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Branford Marsalis

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the piano music of Claude Debussy; Artist of the Week: Marin Alsop; Essential Choice: Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat (Part 2).

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love - the piano music of Claude Debussy'.

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

10am
During London Jazz Festival week, Sarah?s guest is the virtuoso saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis, leader of the acclaimed Branford Marsalis Quartet. Although primarily known for his work in jazz, Marsalis is also a sought-after soloist with classical ensembles and orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic. Branford will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week's featured artist is the inspiring conductor Marin Alsop, director of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

11am
This week's Essential Choices all have a Swiss connection.
Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat, Part 2
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor).

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Tue 18 Nov 2014 09:00
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Music Played

  • Franz von SuppΓ¨

    Boccaccio: Act III March

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • 5 Reasons to love... Debussy's Piano Music

    • Claude Debussy

      Pour le piano

      Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
      • BIS.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • King's College.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazar: Air – Jig – Hornpipe – Air

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre.

  • Franz Schubert

    Polonaise in B flat

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Conductor: Emil Tchakarov.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

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

  • Lorenzo Allegri

    Miserere

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.

  • Branford Marsalis' Choice No. 1

    • FranΓ§ois Couperin

      Concert Royaux: No. 7

      Performer: Susie Napper. Performer: Bruce Haynes. Performer: Arthur Haas.
      • Atma.

  • Branford Marsalis' Choice No. 2

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita No. 4 in D major: Sarabande

      Performer: Angela Hewitt.
      • Hyperion.

  • Artist of the Week: Marin Alsop

    • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

      Symphonic Variations

      Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
      • Naxos.

  • Valesova

    Improvisation on Czech and Slovak Folk Songs

    Performer: Lada Valesova.

  • Essential Choice

    • Manuel de Falla

      The Three-Cornered Hat, Part 2

      Conductor: Ernest Ansermet. Orchestra: Suisse Romande Orchestra.
      • Decca.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio. Performer: Samuel Rhodes.
    • Philips.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Ewiger, machtiger, gutiger Gott (conclusion of Spring from The Seasons)

    Singer: Florian Boesch. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐ÉlysΓ©es. Performer: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Christina Landshamer.
    • OUT THERE MUSIC.

Musical Challenge - Classical Consequences

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent nearly a quarter of his life on the road. In 1770, aged 14, he made his first trip to Italy, in the company of his father Leopold. On a visit to Rome they stopped off at the Sistine Chapel and caught a performance of the papal choir’s piΓ¨ce de rΓ©sistance, Allegri’s β€˜Miserere’. What happened next?

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He wrote out the piece, in its entirety, from memory.

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  • Tue 18 Nov 2014 09:00
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