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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week Steven Isserlis (cello) in Elgar: Cello Concerto. Sarah's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op 80.

A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Robert Johnson: The Prince's Almain and other dances for lute (Nigel North).

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Steven Isserlis. Today he is heard in one of Elgar's most celebrated works, the Cello Concerto in E minor.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is weather presenter Sian Lloyd, who introduces some of her essential classics. On her final day as this week's guest, she talks about music she likes to listen to when relaxing, and Sarah acts as her personal shopper, with a mystery piece she hopes Sian will enjoy.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Mendelssohn:
String Quartet in F minor, op.80
Gewandhaus Quartet
NCA 60205.

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Fri 3 Feb 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    No.3 in D of 5 Contredanses, K. 609

    Performers: Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 422 649-2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Carnaval Romain Overture

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 474 165-2.

  • 9.10: Sarah's CD of the Week

    • Robert Johnson

      Pavan no.1

      Performers: Nigel North (lute)

      • NAXOS 8.572178.

  • Gustav Holst

    2nd Suite for Military Band

    Performers: Central Band of the RAF, Wing Commander Eric Banks (conductor)

    • REGIS 1326.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Pohjola's Daughter, symphonic fantasia op.49

    Performers: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • DG 453 426-2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Paris Quartet no.2

    Performers: Barthold Kuijken (flute), Sigiswald聽Kuijken (violin), Wieland聽Kuijken (viola da gamba), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

    • SONY S3K 63115.

  • 10am: Artist of the Week - Steven Isserlis

    • Edward Elgar

      Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

      Performers: Steven Isserlis (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)

      • VIRGIN 5 61490 2.

  • 10.30: Sian Lloyd's Choices

    • Vincenzo Bellini

      'Casta diva' from Norma

      Performers: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra La Scintilla, Adam Fischer (conductor)

      • DECCA 478 2558.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Household Music: 3 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, no. 1: Crug-y-bar

    Performers: The Nash Ensemble

    • HYPERION CDA67381/2.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      String Quartet in F minor, op.80

      Performers: Gewandhaus Quartet

      • NCA 60205.

  • 11.25:

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto no.26 in D, K. 537 ('Coronation')

      Performers: Murray Perahia (piano and direction), English Chamber Orchestra

      • SONY 87230.

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Feb 2012 09:00
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