Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Pam Ferris
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the Soprano Voice; Artist of the Week: pianist Wilhelm Kempff, featured in Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat, D960.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... the soprano voice'. As part of Radio 3's Classical Voice season Sarah showcases a range of soprano styles from the lightness of tone of Lucia Popp and the power of Jessye Norman to the warmth of Elisabeth SΓΆderstrΓΆm; from the pure sound of Emma Kirkby to the soothing quality of Elly Ameling.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the actress Pam Ferris. Pam is well known for her film roles including Miss Trunchbull in Matilda and Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and for starring in television series ranging from The Darling Buds of May and Rosemary and Thyme to Call the Midwife. Pam will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music with Sarah, every day at 10am.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the German pianist Wilhelm Kempff. Kempff's career spanned six decades, with a core repertoire of Bach to Brahms and a particular speciality in the music of Beethoven and Schubert. His focus is always on the music, rather than his own virtuosity, and his style is characterized by moderate tempi, an unerring sense of the bigger picture and astonishing melodic beauty. Sarah shares a selection of his major recordings throughout the week.
Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
Wilhelm Kempff (piano).
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: WILHELM KEMPFF
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in D major, BWV 912: II. Fugue
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley, Op.1
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- LSO LIVE.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE... THE SOPRANO VOICE
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der HΓΆlle Rache (The Magic Flute)
Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.- EMI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto, RV 470
Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona. Conductor: Diego Cantalupi.- ±·΄‘Γ³Υ·‘.
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Heitor VillaβLobos
Bachianas brasileiras No 5
Singer: Arleen AugΓ©r. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.- WARNER.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: WILHELM KEMPFF
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 954 & Prelude and Fugue in E, BWV 954
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem: Agnus Dei
Orchestra: Orchestre RΓ©volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: Δ½uba OrgonΓ‘Ε‘ovΓ‘. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- DG.
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PAM FERRIS' CHOICE NO. 1
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Benjamin Britten
Courtly Dances from Gloriana
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.- RCA.
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PAM FERRIS' CHOICE NO. 2
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Georges Bizet
Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
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Franz Liszt
Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert
Performer: Louis Lortie, piano. -
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Wassermusik 'Ebb und Fluth'
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua KΓΆln. Director: Reinhard Goebel. -
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Claudio Monteverdi
Sfogava con le stelle (Madrigals, Book 4)
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.- Monteverdi Madrigali.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: WILHELM KEMPFF
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in B flat, D960
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Igor Stravinsky
Octet
Ensemble: 20th Century Classics Ensemble. Composer: Robert Craft.
Recording Rewind
The music played:
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Verdi Requiem: Dies IraeΜύ
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
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