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Friday - Sarah Walker with Helen Lederer

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love Transcriptions; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Valery Gergiev, featured conducting Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 (Pathetique).

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... transcriptions'. Throughout the week Sarah explores the transformative effect of seeing one composer's work through the eyes of another, showcasing transcriptions including Bach by Busoni, Schubert by Liszt and Strauss II by Schoenberg.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a well-known song.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian, actress and writer Helen Lederer. Helen is a familiar face on the British comedy scene and is well known for her stand-up shows as well as for her role as Catriona in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She recently released her first novel, Losing It, which has been shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award. Helen will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
During the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2015, Sarah takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week's line-up includes the French national anthem and two works so popular that they appeared more than once in the season: Mendelssohn's overture Ruy Blas and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2.

11am
Sarah's artist of the week - in the week of his Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms appearance - is the boundlessly energetic Valery Gergiev, Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. Throughout the week Sarah will be sharing recordings of his interpretations of works by composers including Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky.

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 ('Pathétique')
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor.

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Fri 31 Jul 2015 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    VI. Le pas espagnol (Dolly - suite for piano duet, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...TRANSCRIPTIONS

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV599

      Performer: David Theodor Schmidt. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
      • PROFIL.

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op 47 No 1

    Orchestra: National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriel Chmura.
    • CHANDOS.

  • PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: VALERY GERGIEV

    • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

      Kikimora, Op 63

      Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
      • Phillips.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances (Nos. 17, 8, 2 & 6)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • DECCA.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Quando m'en vo (La bohème)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • HELEN LEDERER'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67 (1st mvt)

      Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.

  • HELEN LEDERER'S CHOICE NO.2

    • William Henry Harris

      Bring us, O Lord God

      Choir: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
      • The Road to Paradise.
      • DG.
      • 11.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers (Act 2 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • CONIFER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in D, Op.12 No.1

    Performer: Norbert Brainin. Performer: Günter Ludwig.

  • PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: VALERY GERGIEV

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique'

      Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Gestille Sehnsucht, Op.91 no.1

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

Classical Roots

Answer: 'Don't you Know' is based on 'Quando m'en vo' from La Bohème


The music played:

Bobby Worth (composer)
Don't you Know
Della Reese (singer)
Orchestra
Glenn Osser (conductor)
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Puccini
'Quando m'en vo' (Musetta's Waltz) from La Bohème, Act 2
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda
DG

Broadcast

  • Fri 31 Jul 2015 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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