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Wednesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3. Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Liszt: Apres une lecture du Dante. Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia.

Great performances and classic recordings. This week's theme is Music in Literature.
This week Sarah Walker looks at Music in Literature and today's highlights include Liszt's Dante Sonata and Brahms's Violin Concerto.

10.00
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G
New London Consort
Philip Pickett (director)
L'Oiseau-Lyre 440 675-2

10.11*
Mendelssohn
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 415 840-2

10.22*
Debussy
String Quartet
Alban Berg Quartet
EMI 747347-2

10.45*
Liszt: Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata Jeno Jando (piano) Naxos 8.550549

11.00*
Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia
King's College Choir, Cambridge
David Willcocks (conductor)
EMI CDC 7 47709 2

11.15*
Brahms
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.77
Gil Shaham (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 469 529 2.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 14 Jul 2010 10:00

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jul 2010 10:00