Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; Artist of the Week: conductor Stephen Cleobury; Essential Choice: Stravinsky: Petrushka.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'. Throughout the week Rob and Sarah dip into this remarkable collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, showcasing works by composers including Byrd, Bull and Gibbons.
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 the writer and director Declan Donnellan. Since co-founding his own theatre company in 1981, Declan has become well-known as a Shakespearean director as well as winning accolades for his interpretations of works ranging from plays by Chekhov and Pushkin to Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Declan will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
Rob and Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Stephen Cleobury. Director of the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cleobury has worked with leading orchestras and soloists including the Academy of Ancient Music and the Philharmonia. Sarah will be exploring his interpretations of works by composers including Brahms, Harvey, Mozart, Stanford and Tallis.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor).
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Music Played
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Igor Stravinsky
Circus Polka
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- CHANDOS.
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Pietro Locatelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1
Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.- HYPERION.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE: THE FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK
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Orlando Gibbons
The Lord of Salisbury his Pavan
Performer: Charivari Agréable.- SIGNUM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ch'io mi scordi di te? K.505
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die Kölner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.- BIS.
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Hector Berlioz
Béatrice et Bénédict (Overture)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Concertino in A minor for two pianos, Op 94
Performer: Lidija Bizjak. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.- ONYX.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: STEPHEN CLEOBURY
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Orlando Gibbons
O Clap Your Hands
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- EMI.
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DECLAN DONNELLAN'S CHOICES
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Carlos Gardel
Mi Buenos Aires querido
Singer: Carlos Gardel. Orchestra: Orchestra.- MUSIC MEMORIA.
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Stephen Sondheim
'Kiss Me’ from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Singer: Jack Eric WIlliams. Singer: Victor Garber. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Gemignani. Singer: Edmund Lyndeck. Singer: Sarah Rice.- RCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in E, Hob
Performer: David Oistrakh Trio.- Brilliant.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: STEPHEN CLEOBURY
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Gabriel Fauré
Requiem, Op 48: Agnus Dei
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- KINGS COLLEGE CHOIR.
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Essential Choice
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Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata in A, op.100
Performer: Augustin Dumay. Performer: Maria João Pires.- DG.
Relative Values
Relationship: father and son
The music played:
Christopher Gibbons
Not unto us, O LordÌýÌýÌý
Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music
Alastair Ross, organ
Richard Egarr, director
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Orlando Gibbons
O Clap your Hands Together
Stile Antico
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