Monday - Sarah Walker with Jenny Agutter
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the Viola; Musical Challenge; Artists of the Week: the Florestan Trio; Sarah's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3.
With Sarah Walker and her guest Jenny Agutter.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the viola.' Throughout the week Sarah makes the case for the viola, exploring repertoire ranging from Telemann's Viola Concerto in G TWV 51:G9 to Brahms' Geistliche Wiegenlied Op.91 No.2 and Schumann's M盲rchenerz盲hlungen Op.132, performed by violists including Simon Standage, Cecil Aronowitz and Lawrence Power.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Jenny Agutter. An actress of both stage and screen, Jenny is well known for her performance as Roberta in the film adaptation of E. Nesbit's The Railway Children and is currently playing Sister Julienne in the hit television drama Call the Midwife. Jenny will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
Sarah's featured artists this week are The Florestan Trio: pianist Susan Tomes, violinist Anthony Marwood and cellist Richard Lester. From their formation in 1995 until they disbanded in 2012, the Florestans built a reputation as one of the world's leading piano trios. Sarah delves into their substantial discography, showcasing benchmark performances of works by composers including Faur茅, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn and Beethoven.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
CD Review.
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Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 ('Organ Symphony').
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Piano Trio No 1 in F major, Op 18 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
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5 Reasons to Love...the viola
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Viola Concerto in G, TWV 51:G9
Performer: Simon Standage. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90.- CHANDOS.
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Erno Dohnanyi
4 Rhapsodies Op.11 (no.3 in C major)
Performer: Martin Roscoe.- HYPERION.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Piano Trio no.1, 'Cinq pi猫ces br猫ves'
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergotzen BWV145
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Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 1
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake (Dance of the Cygnets)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 2
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
4 Mazurkas, Opus 24
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- 麻豆约拍 LEGENDS.
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Artist of the Week: The Florestan Trio
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Gavotte from Suite in A minor (Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin)
Performer: Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).- HYPERION.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
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Francisco Guerrero
Maria Magdalena
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Essential Choice
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 'Organ Symphony'
Performer: Gaston Litaize. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in E flat, Op.31 No.3
Performer: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).- BIS.
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