Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Jenny Agutter
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the Viola; Musical Challenge; Artists of the Week: the Florestan Trio; Essential Choice: Boccherini: String Quintet in C, G324.
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 Märchenerzählungen Op.132, performed by violists including Simon Standage, Cecil Aronowitz and Lawrence Power.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Two pieces of music have been altered. Can you identify them?
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 Fauré, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn and Beethoven.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Boccherini
String Quintet in C, G324 ('La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid')
Cuarteto Casals
Eckart Runge (cello).
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Music Played
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Leopold Mozart
Toy Symphony; 3rd mvt, finale
Orchestra: I Musici de Montréal. Conductor: Yuli Turovsky.- CHANDOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6 No 4
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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5 Reasons to Love... the viola
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Franz Liszt
Romance oubliée, S527
Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.- BIS.
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Richard Strauss
Festmusik der Stadt Wien
Orchestra: Locke Consort. Conductor: James Stobart.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Trio No 1 in C minor, Op 8, 'Poème'
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Thelonious Monk
'Round Midnight
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Great' Mass in C minor, K427; Kyrie
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Singer: Camilla Tilling.- ARCHIV.
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Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 1
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Clara Schumann
Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17: III Andante
Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio.- HYPERION.
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Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 2
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Jean Françaix
Sixtuor: I Risoluto
Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Neyire Ashworth. Performer: Susan Dent. Performer: Philip Gibbon. Performer: Alan Andrews. Performer: Jeremy Polmear.- OBOE CLASSICS.
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Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 3
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Trad
The Three Ravens
Performer: Andreas Martin. Singer: Andreas Scholl.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Artist of the week: The Florestan Trio
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Johannes Brahms
Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, Op.114
Performer: Richard Hosford. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
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Essential Choice
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Luigi Boccherini
Quintet in C major, 'La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid'
Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in F, K280
Performer: Grigory Sokolov.- DG.
Imperfect Harmony
The music played:
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Mozart
Mass in C minor
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV
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Bach
Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
Peter Hurford (organ)
DECCA
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