Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Martin Shaw
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Youth Orchestras; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Benjamin Grosvenor; Sarah's Essential Choice: Alkan: Grande Sonate, Op 33.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... youth orchestras'. Especially for the week of Radio 3's Young Artists Day, Sarah explores recordings by top youth orchestras, including the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, with music by Bartók, Debussy, Adès and Ginastera.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
10am
Sarah's guest is the veteran actor Martin Shaw. Known for his roles in The Professionals, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently, Martin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Sarah.
10.30am
To mark Radio 3's Young Artists Day, this week Sarah is featuring the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. At just 22 years old, Grosvenor is a Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the youngest artist ever to sign to Decca Records and is the youngest soloist to have performed at the first night of the Proms. Throughout the week Sarah showcases Grosvenor's recordings of works by composers including Bach, Ravel, Chopin, Saint-Saëns and Gershwin.
11am Essential Choice
This week Sarah explores depictions of Prometheus.
Alkan
Grande Sonate: Les quatre ages, Op 33
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).
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Music Played
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat, K252; 4th mvt, Presto assai
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Festival Coronation March
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.- PENTATONE.
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5 Reasons to love... Youth Orchestras
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Alexander Raskatov
5 minutes in the life of W.A.M.
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.- NONESUCH.
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Michael Haydn
Symphony in F major, P.32
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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Artist of the Week: Benjamin Grosvenor
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Overture in C major
Orchestra: The Women’s Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Koch.
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Igor Stravinsky
Circus Polka
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Martin Shaw's Choice No. 1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat - Et Misericordia
Singer: Carolyn Watkinson. Singer: Paul Elliott. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Simon Preston.
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Martin Shaw's Choice No. 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for two Harpsichords in C minor BWV 1060R
Featured Artist: Heinz Holliger. Featured Artist: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
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Anonymous
Dit le Bourguynon
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Artist of the Week: Benjamin Grosvenor
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Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
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Thomas Tallis
Dum transisset Sabbatum
Conductor: Alistair Dixon. Choir: Chapelle du Roi. -
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
Grande Sonate, Les quatre ages', Op 33
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- HYPERION.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E
Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
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