Thursday - 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 Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54.
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 S枚derstr枚m; 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.
Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor).
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Robert Schumann
Waldszenen, Op. 82 No. 8: Jagdlied
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Reinhard Keiser
Croesus (Overture)
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Richard Strauss
Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1
Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- PHILIPS.
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Jacques Ibert
Divertissement
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Fr茅maux.- EMI.
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Robert Schumann
Arabeske, Op 18
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Jealousy
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Judith Weir
Psalm 148
Performer: Matthew Knight. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.- DELPHIAN.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude (Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846)
Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.- DECCA.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C: Scherzo & Trio
Performer: Valentin Erben. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- EMI.
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Benjamin Britten
War Requiem: Lacrimosa鈥� Move Him into the Sun
Orchestra: NDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: 慕uba Orgon谩拧ov谩. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Choir: Monteverdi Choir.- DG.
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Louis Couperin
Pavanne in F sharp minor
Performer: Richard Egarr, harpsichord. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F minor, Op 95
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.- EMI.
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Jonathan Dove
Bless the Lord, O my soul
Performer: Jonathan Vaughn, organ. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. -
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Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 54
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Trio Sonata no 4 in G minor for violin, oboe, bassoon and basso continuo
Performer: Chiara Banchini, violin. Performer: Ku Ebbinge, oboe. -
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Richard Strauss
Cacilie, op 27 no 2
Performer: Jessye Norman, soprano. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
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