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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Julia Sawalha

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the flute; Artist of the Week: Sir Charles Grove; Essential Choice: Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56b.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the flute.' Sarah makes the case for the flute and explores works by composers including Bach, Debussy, Quantz and Liadov.

9.30am
Take part in our daily music-related challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happened next.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the actress Julia Sawalha. Involved in this week's Comic Relief and well known for her roles in Absolutely Fabulous and Pride and Prejudice, Julia will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Sir Charles Groves, born 100 years ago on 10 March 1915. A traditional conductor with a vast repertoire, Groves was particularly noted for his command of large-scale works. Sarah will be sharing his interpretations of works by composers including Elgar, Delius, Vaughan Williams, Holst and Coates.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56b
Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (pianos).

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Waltz in A

    Performer: Daniel Gerzenberg. Performer: Anton Gerzenberg.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La gazza ladra; Overture

    Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major, K 279

    Performer: Anne QueffΓ©lec.
    • MIRARE.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE THE FLUTE

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Flute Quartet in D major K.285 (2nd mvt)

      Performer: William Bennett. Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio.
      • Mozart - Flute Quartets.
      • PHILIPS.
      • 1.

  • Artist of the Week: Charles Groves

    • Frank Bridge

      Summer

      Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
      • EMI.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la Nuit; Scarbo

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Timor et tremor

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • JULIA SAWALHA'S CHOICE NO. 1

    • Ludwig Minkus

      Don Quixote - Act III - Quiteria’s Variation (Fan Dance)

      Orchestra: Sofia National Opera Orchestra.
      • NAXOS.

  • JULIA SAWALHA'S CHOICE NO. 2

    • Judith Weir

      Little Tree - I Carry Your Heart with Me

      Performer: Jude Carlton. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
      • DELPHIAN.

  • JULIA SAWALHA'S CHOICE NO. 3

    • Camille (1835 - 1921) Saint-Saens

      Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium and The Swan

      Performer: Aloys Kontarsky. Performer: Alfons Kontarsky. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl BΓΆhm.
      • DG.

  • Part

    7 Magnificat Antiphons

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.

  • Artist of the Week: Charles Groves

    • Frederick Delius

      Paris - The Song of the Great City

      Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
      • WARNER.

  • ESSENTIAL CHOICE

    • Johannes Brahms

      Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56b

      Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
      • DG.

  • MieczysΕ‚aw Weinberg

    Violin Concerto in G minor, op.67

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk.

  • Louis Vierne

    Carillon de Westminster, Op 54 No 6

    Performer: Benjamin Nicholas, organ of Merton College, Oxford.

Classical Consequences

There was a violent storm in Munich on the feast of Corpus Christi in 1584. Duke Albrecht V ordered that the usual procession round the town from the church should take place round the inside of the building instead. As the head of the procession approached the porch, the choir began singing Lassus’ motet β€˜Gustate et videte’ – what happened next?


Scarcely had they begun singing his motet Gustate et Videte, than the rain stopped and the sun came out. Duke Albrecht was overjoyed and the procession continued around the city. But then…once the motet was over, the rain came back and descended in torrents, complete with thunder. The people cried β€œMiracle”, fell to their knees and acknowledged Lassus as a β€œsuperior being”. And after that, for many years, his motet Gustate et Videte was sung on all occasions when prayers for good weather were offered up.

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  • Thu 12 Mar 2015 09:00
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