Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love Grieg Lyric Pieces; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI; Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Grieg lyric pieces'. Throughout the week Sarah offers a selection of piano pieces from Edvard Grieg's 10-book collection of 'Lyric Pieces' - examples of the short, characterful pieces which were very much in fashion during the late 19th century, especially in Scandinavia where Grieg was regarded as the master of the genre.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the world-renowned chef and presenter Michel Roux Jr. Michel will be sharing his passion for classical music with Sarah every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week Sarah explores Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music as seen through the eyes of Jordi Savall and his band Hesperion XX - XXI. Their spirited and enchanting performances of music by unfamiliar composers have cast new light on pieces which would otherwise have been lost to us. Sarah discovers anew the joy of hearing Jordi Savall's work.

11am
Essential Choice - this week Sarah explores pieces connected to the supernatural

Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Wed 29 Apr 2015 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

Next

Thursday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Le Piccadilly

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Soir de fΓͺte

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic.
    • CHANDOS.

  • 5 reasons to love... Grieg Lyric Pieces

    • Edvard Grieg

      Melody, Op.47 No.3

      Performer: Stephen Hough (piano).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Grandmother's Minuet, Op.68 No.2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Horn Quartet in F major, FWV N:F3

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • LINN.

  • Anonymous

    Improvisation on an anonymous Jota from the Saldivar Codex

    Performer: Pedro Estevan. Performer: Marc Clos.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Clara Schumann

    Konzertsatz in F minor (1847)

    Performer: Lucy Parham. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • CIRRUS CLASSICS.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Humoresque, Op.101 No.7

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.

  • Robert Schumann

    Sehr langsam (Album fur die Jugend, Op.68 no.30)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.

  • MICHEL ROUX'S CHOICE NO. 1

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Gloria: Et in terra pax hominibus

      Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Michel Roux's Choice No. 2

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Clarinet Concerto: 1st movement

      Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: JORDI SAVALL

    • Josquin des Prez

      Vive le Roy & Pavana 'La Battaglia'

      Performer: Clément Janequin. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIAVOX.

    • Thoinot Arbeau

      Belle qui tiens ma vie; Vecchie lettrose

      Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
      • ALIAVOX.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 (Op.25) in G minor

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Director: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2: Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Essential Choice

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Isle of the Dead

      Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
      • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op 76 No 4, 'Sunrise'

    Ensemble: Matangi Quartet.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    The Shepherd on the Rock, D 965

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Performer: Hans Deinzer. Performer: JΓΆrg Demus.
    • Schubert: Songs: Ameling.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

Recording Rewind

Dvorak
Humoresque Op. 101 No. 7
Brodsky Quartet
CHANDOS

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Apr 2015 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.