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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Spanish Guitar Music; Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5; Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Spanish guitar music'. Throughout the week Sarah showcases the vitality, virtuosity and earthy passion of Spanish guitar music in works by composers including Rodrigo, Albéniz and Granados.

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 world-famous milliner Philip Treacy. Philip is the designer of choice for celebrities, fashion houses and royalty, and his clients range from Lady Gaga to the Duchess of Cambridge. The first milliner to have his own show during Paris couture week, Philip has collaborated with top designers including Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld and Valentino. Every day at 10am Philip shares a selection of his favourite classical music by composers ranging from Mozart to Sondheim, and tells some of the stories behind his creations, including a visit to Elizabeth Taylor's hotel room, designing a hat for Danielle de Niese's trip to Ascot and working on the Harry Potter films.

10.30am
Sarah places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Baroque and the first use of the harpsichord as a prominent concerto instrument in Bach's Brandenburg No. 5.

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the conductor Georg Solti. A maestro with a remarkably broad repertoire, Solti had his early career in Hungary interrupted when he was forced to flee the Nazis in 1938. Known for his passionate, even aggressive rehearsal style, Solti went on to have a dazzling life on the classical stage, earned a starry reputation in the opera house and left behind a wealth of recordings, including an iconic interpretation of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor).

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Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Castilla (Suite espagnola)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • DECCA.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Spanish Dance in A major, Op.12 No.3

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ataúlfo Argenta.
    • DECCA.

  • Manuel de Zumaya

    Celebren, publiquen

    Choir: Chanticleer.
    • TELDEC.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC

    • Isaac Albéniz

      Asturias (Suite española)

      Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams.
      • SONY.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Missa San Ignacio, Gloria

    Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Sarka (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV 265

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romance (Lieutenant Kije Suite)

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • DECCA.

  • PHILIP TREACY'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Stephen Sondheim

      Finishing the hat (Sunday in the Park with George)

      Singer: Mandy Patinkin. Orchestra: Original Broadway Orchestra.
      • RCA.

  • PHILIP TREACY'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Richard Strauss

      Verführung, Op 33 No 1

      Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
      • DECCA.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point - overture

    Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Walton: Portsmouth Point etc: London Philharmonic/Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Music in Time: Baroque

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV1050

      Performer: Jeannette Sorrell. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire.
      • AVIE.

  • Tailleferre

    Sonatine for violin and piano

    Performer: Ruth Ehrlich. Performer: Marcia Eckert.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: GEORG SOLTI

    • Zoltán Kodály

      Hary Janos Suite

      Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
      • DECCA.

  • Kurt Weill

    Wie lange noch?

    Performer: Marc Verter. Singer: Julia Kogan.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in E flat

    Performer: Hansjörg Schellenberger. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: James Levine.
    • DG.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: GEORG SOLTI

    • Richard Strauss

      Four Last Songs

      Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
      • DECCA.

Classical Roots

Answer: Sting's 'Russians' is based on the Romance from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite

The music played:

Sting
Russians
Sting
A&M

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    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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