Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Concerti Grossi; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Poulenc's Gloria.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... concerti grossi'. Sarah explores this characteristic sound world of the baroque period, showcasing works by composers such as Handel and Corelli (the first person to actually publish a work called 'concerto grosso') and looking at the influence of the form on 20th-century composers including Vaughan Williams.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the stage and screen actor Hugh Bonnevillle. Hugh is a familiar face to television audiences having taken leading roles in the award-winning Downton Abbey and the comedy series Twenty Twelve and W1A, as well as enjoying success on the big screen with recent films including Paddington and The Monuments Men. Hugh will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Sarah every day at 10am.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the conductor Stephen Layton. Layton is regarded as one of world's finest interpreters of choral music and has won accolades for his direction of choirs including Polyphony, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Holst Singers. Layton is also a champion of new music and throughout the week Sarah features his recordings of works by composers ranging from Bruckner and Handel to MacMillan and Pärt.
Poulenc
Gloria
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Layton (conductor).
Last on
Music Played
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Francis Poulenc
Valse
Performer: Pascal Rogé.- DECCA.
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Charles Avison
Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 9 in D major
Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- NAXOS.
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Gabriela Montero
Improvisation no.3
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- ORCHID.
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op.28
Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Camille Saintâ€Saëns
Barcarolle Op.108
Performer: Cristina Ortiz. Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.- NAXOS.
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Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- CBS.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The People's Dance (Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Armin Jordan.- Erato.
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Edvard Grieg
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt - suite no.1 Op.46)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite for keyboard - 1720 no. 8 (HWV.433) in F minor [complete]
Performer: Ottavio Dantone.- Handel - Suites De Pieces Pour Le Clavecin Vol.2 Ottavio Dantone.
- Arts.
- 11.
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Gerald Finzi
It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op 18)
Singer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Finzi, Gurney, Parry, Stanford: English Orchestral Songs: Maltman, Â鶹ԼÅÄSSO, Brabb.
- Hyperion.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- MARIINSKY.
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Francis Poulenc
Gloria
Singer: Susan Gritton. Choir: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Ugis Praulins
Laudibus in sanctis
Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.- HYPERION.
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William Boyce
Symphony no. 5 in D
Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Gustav Holst
Songs from The Princess, Op 20a
Ensemble: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
Recording Rewind
The Unanswered QuestionÂ
Chicago Symphony OrchestraÂ
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)Â
CBS MK 42381
Broadcast
- Wed 10 Jun 2015 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3