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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

With Sarah Walker. My Favourite Organs of Europe; Music in Time: Schnittke: Voices of Nature; Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Sibelius's Symphony No 5.

9am
My favourite... organs of Europe. Sarah tours Europe as she offers up a selection of organ works, performed on great instruments including the organ of St. Laurenskerk Alkmaar in Holland, the organ in Denmark's Aarhus Cathedral, which dates back to 1730, the organs of Notre Dame and Germany's Freiburg Cathedral, and the organ of the Royal Albert Hall.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you remember the television show that featured this piece of classical music?

10am
Sarah's guest is the mathematician, writer and presenter Marcus du Sautoy. Known for popularising mathematics, Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Marcus will be talking to Sarah about maths and music, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical works, including music by Reich, Ligeti and Messiaen, every day at 10am.

10:30am
Music in Time: Modern
Sarah places Music in Time. It's the turn of the Modern period as Sarah explains the use of micropolyphony in Alfred Schnittke's Voices of Nature.

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the legendary conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan. Throughout the week Sarah shares classic recordings from Karajan's archives including Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony, Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and Strauss's Four Last Songs.

Sibelius
Symphony No.5 in E flat major Op.82
Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan (conductor).

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Wed 11 May 2016 09:00
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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Free Music No 1 for four theremins

    Performer: Lydia Kavina.
    • MODE.

  • Miklós Rózsa

    Spellbound

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Choir: The London Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • DECCA.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Madrigal Sonata for flute, violin and piano (II. Moderato)

    Performer: Martin Feinstein. Performer: Pauline Lowbury. Performer: Alan Brown.
    • NAXOS.

  • MY FAVOURITE...ORGANS OF EUROPE

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Overture to St Paul (arr. William Best)

      Performer: Simon Preston. Music Arranger: Best, William.
      • SIGNUM.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio for two violins and continuo

    Performer: Enrico Onofri. Performer: Marco Bianchi. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Performer: Luca Pianca.

  • Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    In Nature’s Realm Op.91

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.

  • Purcell

    Funeral Sentences for Queen Mary: March, Canzona, Thous Knowest Lord Z.58B

    Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London. Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Neary.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos, RV.531

      Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
      • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo'.
      • Teldec.
      • 7.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Der Hölle Rache (The Magic Flute)

      Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
      • DECCA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies: Bax.
    • Signum.
    • 4.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: MODERN

    • Alfred Schnittke

      Voices of Nature

      Performer: Jonny Rönnlund. Choir: Radiokören. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.
      • BIS.

  • Harry Partch

    2 Studies on Ancient Greek Scales (Study on Olympos' Pentatonic)

    Performer: John Schneider. Performer: Amy Shulman. Music Arranger: John Schneider.
    • BRIDGE.

  • Franz Schubert

    Violin Sonata in D major, D 384, 'Sonatina'

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Caterina Assandra

    Haec dies

    Ensemble: La Villanella Basel.
    • O Dulcis Amor.
    • Ramee.
    • 3.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: HERBERT VON KARAJAN

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No.5 in E flat major, Op.82

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
      • EMI.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Trio Pathetique

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.

Heard on Screen

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

The music played:

Purcell
March (Funeral Music for Queen Mary)
Baroque Brass of London
Martin Neary (conductor)
EMI

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  • Wed 11 May 2016 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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