Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love British Film Music; Classical Consequences; Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby; Essential Choice: Borodin: String Quartet No 2.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Classical Consequences. Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happens next.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Borodin
String Quartet No.2
Borodin Quartet.
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Byrd
Fantasia a 3, No.3
Ensemble: Fretwork.- REGIS.
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John Ireland
Ballerina
Performer: Piers Lane.- HYPERION.
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5 reasons to love... British film music
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Malcolm Arnold
Exploits for Orchestra (Comedy Suite from The Belles of St Trinian's)
Performer: Paul Janes. Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in B flat major, D 68
Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.- CASCAVELLE.
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Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze (Cantata No 208)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- HYPERION.
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Max Bruch
Romance for viola and orchestra, Op 85
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 1
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht (opening)
Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra.- EMI.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 2
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Franz Liszt
The Scene at the Tavern (Mephisto Waltz No 1)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby
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George Frideric Handel
Coelestis dum spirat aura
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: London Baroque Ensemble. Director: Charles Medlam.- BIS.
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Essential Choice
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No.2 in D major
Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.- DECCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen'
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.- Virgin.
Classical Consequences
One day, Bruch took a copy of the score of his 1st Violin Concerto to Brahms to ask for his opinion. He waited nervously as Brahms flicked through once, then took another look, examining it more closely, and finally turned to face the anxious composer. What happened next?
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Brahms asked Bruch where he bought his manuscript paper from!
Broadcast
- Tue 13 Jan 2015 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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