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Friday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Spanish Guitar Music; Bantock: Hebridean Symphony; Artist of the Week: Georg Solti conducts Beethoven's Symphony No 2 in D.

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 challenge: two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?

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. She discovers the mysterious far-off lands conjured up by Romantic composers and plays the Celtic Symphony by Granville Bantock.

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.

Beethoven
Symphony No.2 in D
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor).

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Fri 13 Nov 2015 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

  • 5 Reasons to Love... Spanish guitar music

    • Niño Ricardo

      µþ³Ü±ô±ð°ùí²¹²õ

      Performer: Paco Peña.
      • NIMBUS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.

  • Johann Kaspar Kerll

    Battalia

    Ensemble: Armonico Tributo Austria. Director: Lorenz Duftschmid.
    • CPO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass Quintet No.1, Op.73

    Ensemble: Center City Brass Quintet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    King's Row Suite

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • CHESKY.

  • Philip Treacy's Choice

    • Charlie Siem

      Canopy

      Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
      • SONY.

  • Sarah's Choice for Philip Treacy

    • Gabriel Fauré

      Nocturne No.6 in D flat major, Op.63

      Performer: Paul Crossley.
      • CRD.

  • John Hebden

    String Concerto in C major Op.2`2

    Performer: Andrew Morris. Orchestra: Cantilena. Conductor: Adrian Shepherd.
    • Hebden: Six Concertos for String: Cantilena, Shepherd.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Music in Time: Romantic

    • Granville Bantock

      The Witch of Atlas

      Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
      • HYPERION.

  • Gustav Holst

    2 Psalms for chorus, string orchestra and organ [complete]

    Performer: Diana Cummings. Choir: Holst Singers. Orchestra: Holst Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Holst: The Evening Watch: Holst Singers & Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Artist of the Week: Georg Solti

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36

      Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
      • DECCA.

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    Sweet Surrender

    Performer: Marc Verter. Singer: Julia Kogan. Singer: Julia Kogan.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Paris Quartet no.3

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

  • Richard Wagner

    Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

    Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

Imperfect Harmony

The music played:

John Williams
Superman: Theme from Superman (Main Title)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Williams (conductor)
WARNER BROS
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Korngold
King’s Row Suite: Theme
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt (conductor)
VARESE SARABANDE

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    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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