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Monday - Sarah Walker with Sam Neill

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love the Film Scores of Hollywood's Emigre Composers; Artist of the Week: The Lindsay String Quartet, featured in Haydn's String Quartet (Fifths).

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... the film scores of Hollywood's émigré composers'. Hollywood provided a refuge for many European composers from the seismic events that shook Europe in the years leading up to the Second World War, and a handful of them made a living writing film music for the studios there. Throughout the week Sarah explores classic scores by composers including Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner and Erich Korngold.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the actor Sam Neill. Sam has starred in television series including Reilly, Ace of Spies, The Tudors and Peaky Blinders and in films ranging from The Hunt for Red October and The Piano to Dead Calm and Jurassic Park. Throughout the week Sam shares an eclectic selection of his favourite classical music, with choices including Robert Schumann and Philip Glass. He also discusses the music from his films and tells Sarah why Dvorak's Ninth Symphony reminds him of his father.

10.30am
Sarah chooses music that reflects highlights from the 2015 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms season.

11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Lindsay String Quartet, one of the foremost quartets of the 20th century. Led by the inspirational Peter Cropper, who died earlier this year, The Lindsays became famous for their informal chamber music concerts, which introduced a new generation to the string quartet repertoire.

Haydn
String Quartet, Op.76 No.2 'Fifths'
Lindsay String Quartet.

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Music Played

  • Max Steiner

    King Kong: Main title

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • 5 Reasons to Love... Film Music of Hollywood’s Emigré Composers

    • Max Steiner

      The Entrance of Kong - The Sailors - Stegosaurus; Kong escapes (King Kong)

      Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
      • MARCO POLO.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance for viola and orchestra Op.85

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Joachim Quantz

    Flute Sonata No 273 in G major

    Performer: Rachel Brown. Performer: Mark Caudle. Performer: James Johnstone.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Nico Muhly

    Senex puerum portabat

    Performer: David Washburn. Performer: Marissa Benedict. Performer: Kristy Morrell. Performer: Andrew Ulyate. Performer: Michael Hoffman. Performer: Alvin Veeh. Performer: Terry Cravens. Performer: Fred Greene. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Grant Gershon.
    • DECCA.

  • Sam Neill's Choice No. 1

    • Edward Elgar

      Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (4th mvt)

      Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
      • EMI.

  • Sam Neill's Choice No. 2

    • Jean Sibelius

      III. Finale (Symphony No.5 in E flat major, Op.82)

      Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
      • DG.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.

  • Trad.

    I am a poor wayfaring stranger

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Andreas Scholl: Wayfaring Stranger - Folksongs.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Artists of the Week: Lindsay Quartet

    • Joseph Haydn

      String Quartet, Op.76 No.2 ‘Fifths’

      Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
      • ASV.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Singer: Juliette. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 139, 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'

    Singer: Gillian Keith. Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 12: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 6-11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rage on a Lost Penny (Rondo a capriccio in G, Op.129)

    Performer: Jenő Jandó.
    • NAXOS.

Mapping the Music

Answer: New York

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Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG
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