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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Robert Newman

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love the French Flute School; Artist of the Week: pianist Stephen Kovacevich, featured in Stravinsky's Concerto for piano and wind instruments.

9am
This week Sarah presents '5 reasons to love... the French flute school'. A hugely influential figure in the school was Claude-Paul Taffanel, a fine player who also taught at the Paris Conservatoire. Taffanel created huge enthusiasm for the flute in 19th-century Paris and as a result many pieces were written for him and his followers. Throughout the week Sarah showcases some favourite flute works from this time, including music by FaurΓ©, Gaubert, Enescu, Debussy, and Taffanel himself.

9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the comedian Robert Newman. Robert shot to fame in the '90s with the sketch show The Mary Whitehouse Experience and made history when he and his comic partner David Baddiel became the first ever comedians to play and sell out Wembley arena. Billed as a rock star of the comedy world, Robert has also had a successful career as a novelist and journalist, as well as being a political activist. Known for comedy with a social conscience, Robert is currently touring with The Brain Show. He will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah chooses music that reflects highlights from the 2015 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms season.

11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Croatian-American pianist Stephen Kovacevich. One of the most respected musicians of his generation, Kovacevich is an acclaimed interpreter of the core classical repertoire and beyond.

Stravinsky
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).

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Tue 22 Sep 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    4. Scene (Yankee) from The Great Lightning

    Orchestra: State Symphony Orchestra of the Ministry of Culture of the USSR. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • MELODIYA.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila

    Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.
    • DG.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE: THE FRENCH FLUTE SCHOOL

    • Philippe Gaubert

      Madrigal

      Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: Ian Brown.
      • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Hob.XV:20

    Performer: Patrick Cohen. Performer: Erich Höbarth. Performer: Christophe Coin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Paris Quartet No 1 in G major

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • SONY.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: STEPHEN KOVACEVICH

    • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

      Nocturne in B, Op.62 No.1

      Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Richard Wagner

    'In fernem Land' (Lohengrin, Act 3)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.

  • ROBERT NEWMAN'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Prelude No.4 in E minor (Preludes and Fugues, Op.87)

      Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
      • DECCA.

  • ROBERT NEWMAN'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Introduction (Prelude) from the Gadfly suite, Op 97a

      Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar.
      • NAXOS.

  • ROBERT NEWMAN'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Prelude (Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57)

      Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
      • DECCA.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No.2

    Orchestra: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • SIGNUM.

  • FranΓ§ois Couperin

    La Triomphante, from 2nd Book of Harpsichord Pieces

    Performer: Olivier Baumont, harpsichord.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: STEPHEN KOVACEVICH

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Concerto for piano and wind instruments

      Performer: Stephen Kovacevich. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    'Or che'l cielo e la terra e'l vento tace' (8th book of madrigals)

    Ensemble: La Venexiana. Director: Claudio Cavina.
    • Monteverdi: The Complete Madrigal Books.
    • GLOSSA.
    • GCD920929.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 16 in E flat major K. 428

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Teldec.

Imperfect Harmony

The music played:

Verdi
'Ave Maria, piena di grazia' (Otello, Act IV)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG
Μύ
Wagner
'In fernem Land' (Lohengrin, Act III)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DECCA

Μύ

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  • Tue 22 Sep 2015 09:00
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