Friday - Sarah Walker with Jenny Agutter
With Sarah Walker. Includes Five Reasons to Love the Viola; Musical Challenge; Artists of the Week: the Florestan Trio; Sarah's Essential Choice: Bach: Concerto in A minor, BWV1065.
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: identify a piece of music played backwards.
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
Bach (after Vivaldi)
Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, strings and continuo, BWV 1065
Trevor Pinnock, Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichords)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor).
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Music Played
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Robert Schumann
Märchenbilder, Op.113; 3rd mvt, Rasch
Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Ian Brown.- HYPERION.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Silken Ladder (Overture)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Quant en moy/Amour et biauté parfaite/Amare valde
Ensemble: Orlando Consort. Singer: Matthew Venner. Singer: Angus Smith. Singer: Donald Greig.- HYPERION.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE... THE VIOLA
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Robert Schumann
Märchenerzählungen, Op 132
Performer: Richard Hosford. Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- HYPERION.
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Igor Stravinsky
Four Studies for Orchestra
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto 'con molti strumenti' in D major RV.566
Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Recording Rewind
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op.32; Mars'
Performer: Anthony Goldstone. Performer: Caroline Clemmow.- DIVINE ART.
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JENNY AGUTTER'S CHOICE
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Johannes Brahms
Piano concerto No. 2: IV Allegretto grazioso
Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Eugen Jochum.- DG.
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Sarah's choice for Jenny Agutter
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Henry Purcell
Come ye Sons of Art: Strike the Viol
Ensemble: Les Inventions. Singer: Barnaby Smith.- SIGNUM.
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Athena Ensemble
Intermezzos for Wind Quintet; no.1, Allegro Moderato
- CHANDOS CHAN.
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ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: THE FLORESTAN TRIO
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in E major, H.15.28 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
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György Ligeti
Concert Romanesc
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.- TELDEC.
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Essential Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, strings and continuo, BWV 1065
Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: Kenneth Gilbert. Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen. Performer: Nicholas Kraemer. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Alonso Lobo
Ave Maria (a 8)
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in B flat major, Op 97, 'Archduke'
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.- HYPERION.
Recording Rewind
The music played:
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Holst
The Planets: Mars
Philharmonia
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DG
Broadcast
- Fri 13 Feb 2015 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3