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Monday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Wood

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Bach at Christmas; Challenge: Mapping the Music; pianist Martha Argerich; Essential Choice: Beethoven: Piano Trio in D (Ghost).

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724.

9.30am
Musical challenge: Mapping the Music

10am
Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play That Day We Sang, which will premiere on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two over Christmas.

10.30am
This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the Nutcracker Suite.

11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Beethoven
Piano Trio in D major 'Ghost'.

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Music Played

  • Eduard Strauss

    Fesche Geister - waltz (Op.75)

    Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Johann Strauss: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches etc.: Weiner Philharmoniker, Boskovsky.
    • London.
    • 11.

  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Bogoroditsye Dyevo

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.

  • Artist of the Week: Martha Argerich

    • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

      Mazurka in A minor, Op.59 No.1 and Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3

      Performer: Martha Argerich.
      • EMI.

  • 5 Reasons to love... Bach at Christmas

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV70, Part II

      Singer: Christoph PrΓ©gardien. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Singer: Klaus Mertens.
      • ERATO.

  • Nikolai Artciboucheff

    Kopylov's Polka, Sokolov's Polka and Artciboucheff's Serenade

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet. Composer: Alexander Kopylov. Composer: Sokolov.
    • SIMAX.

  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio and Rondo concertante, D 487

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt: Peer Gynt’s ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔcoming: Stormy Evening on the Sea; Solveig’s Song

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Victoria Wood's Choice No. 1

    • Henry Purcell

      Nymphs and shepherds (The Libertine)

      Music Arranger: Sir Hamilton Harty. Choir: Manchester Children's Choir. Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Sir Hamilton Harty.
      • BEULAH.

  • Victoria Wood's Choice No. 2

    • Malcolm Arnold

      The Belles of St Trinian's (Prelude)

      Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
      • CHANDOS.

  • Victoria Wood's Choice No. 3

    • Astor Piazzolla

      Libertango

      Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: NΓ©stor Marconi. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Singer: HΓ©ctor Console.
      • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.

  • Artist of the Week: Martha Argerich

    • Maurice Ravel

      Piano Concerto in G

      Performer: Martha Argerich. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
      • DG.

  • Trad. arr. Barwinski

    Szczo to za prediwo (What a wonderful surprise)

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.

  • John Rutter

    There is a flower

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.

  • Ramirez arr. Knight

    La Peregrinacion

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.

  • The Building a Library Recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Trio in D major Op.70 no.1 'Ghost'

      Performer: Daniel Sepec. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Andreas Staier.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet: Young Juliet; Arrival of the guests; Masks; Dance of the Knig

    Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SONY.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der kreise Kopf; Die KrΓ€he (Winterreise)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • HYPERION.

Mapping the Music

The place depicted was Arabia, and the music played was the Arabian Dance from Grieg's Peer Gynt.

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