Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including author, critic and broadcaster, Stephen Bayley who is an expert commentator on matters relating to style, taste and contemporary design.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures And Orchestral Works played by the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev: NEWTON CLASSICS 8802037
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.
10.30am
This week Sarahs guest is Stephen Bayley who played a major role in the foundation of the Design Museum. Author, critic, columnist, broadcaster and curator, Stephen is an expert commentator on matters relating to style, taste and contemporary design. His books and journalism, on subjects as diverse as the Albert Memorial, Commerce and Culture, Sex: a cultural history, Cars, and Woman as Design, have changed the way the world thinks about design. As well as talking about music, with the Olympic Games soon to begin, they'll also be discussing a new exhibition opening at the Design Museum: Sports vs Design.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Op.61
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 2872.
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Arthur Benjamin
An Ideal Husband - Hyde Park Galop
Performers: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10713.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Much Ado About Nothing Suite (chamber version)
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
- DG 453 436-2.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI Nr. 51
Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano)
- PHILIPS 416 6432.
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Halvorsen
La Melancolie
Performers: Melina Mandozzi (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN24144.
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9.23: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Glazunov and Steinberg)
The Golden Cockerel Suite: Tsar Dodon as Guest of the Queen of Shemakha
Performers: Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
- NEWTON CLASSICS 8802037.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse - 'Ombra mai fu'
Performers: G茅rard Lesne (countertenor), Il Seminario Musicale
- VIRGIN 45179.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Salve Regina
Performers: Veronique Gens (soprano), G茅rard Lesne (countertenor), Il Seminario Musicale
- VIRGIN 45179.
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9.42: Artist of the Week - Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein
Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Performers: Benny Goodman (clarinet), Columbia Jazz Combo (Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- SONY SM3K47162.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
Performers: Glenn Gould (piano), New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- SONY SM3K 52632.
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10.30: Stephen Bayley's Choices
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Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt
Performers: Matthew Brook (baritone), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG706.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (3rd mvt, Andante)
Performers: Heinrich Schiff (cello), Elisabeth Leonskaya (piano)
- PHILIPS 412 732-2.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
Performers: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- PHILIPS 442 287-2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne Op.15 No.1 in F minor
Performers: Louis Lortie (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10714.
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Avison-Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No.3 in D minor
Performers: Avison Ensemble
- DIVINE ART 21213.
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