Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair; Sarah's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A, Op 90 (Italian).
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Altre Follie 1500 - 1750 - music from Hesperion XXI and Jordi Savall: ALIA VOX AV9844
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is James May, the writer and TV presenter best known as one of the trio of 'Top Gear' presenters alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. But there's more to James than his macho image would suggest - not many people know that he studied music at Lancaster University, and is a keen flautist and keyboard player who loves early music, as Sarah Walker will discover this week.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. in A Op.90 4 'Italian'
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 767775.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride 鈥� Furiant
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
- DG 427 340 2.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 3128.
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9.10: Sarah's CD of the Week
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John Playford
Faronell's Division (1684)
Performers: Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
- ALIA VOX AV9844.
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George Frideric Handel
Harp Concerto in B flat, Op. 4 No.6
Performers: Marisa Robles (harp), The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown (conductor)
- DECCA 452 585 2.
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Rebikov
The Musical Snuffbox
Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)
- VIRGIN 5614982.
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Liadov
The Musical Snuffbox
Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)
- VIRGIN 5614982.
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9.30: Artist of the Week - Thomas Zehetmair
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C, K.373
Performers: Thomas Zehetmair (violin/conductor), Philharmonia
- TELDEC 2564681031.
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Gerald Finzi
Five Bagatelles Op. 23, Nos. 1, 4 & 5
Performers: Howard Griffiths (clarinet), The Northern Sinfonia
- NAXOS 8.553556.
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Francis Poulenc
Feuillets d'Album
Performers: Eric Parkin (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9636.
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9.55: Artist of the Week - Thomas Zehetmair
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, Op .87
Performers: Thomas Zehetmair (violin/conductor), Northern Sinfonia
- AVIE AV2125.
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10:30: James May's Choices
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije - Wedding Scene
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
- RCA GOLD SEAL GD60176.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Performers: Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
- EMI CDC 7470932.
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Olivier Messiaen
L'Ascension - Majest茅 du Christ demandant sa gloire 脿 son P猫re
Performers: Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
- DG 435 854 2.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 'Italian'
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
- EMI 767775.
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Bach / Busoni
Chaconne in D minor (Partita No.2 BWV1004)
Performers: Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
- HYPERION CDA 67324.
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Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide - Overture
Performers: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- SONY SMK 47606.
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