Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: London Mozart Players in symphonies by Michael Haydn; Sarah's Essential Choice: Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat, H I 105.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: London Mozart Players conducted by Matthias Bamert perform symphonies by Michael Haydn: CHANDOS CHAN 9352
9.30am
A daily brainteaser, and Sarah's recommended performance by the first pianist in Peter Donohoe's survey of 50 Great Pianists. This week's focus is British piano music and pianism.
10.30am
The International Day of Peace is celebrated at the end of this week, and Sarah Walker's guest on Essential Classics is Satish Kumar, the current editor of Resurgence magazine, and long-term peace and environment activist. Born in India in 1936, he joined the wandering Jain sect at the age of only nine, but left them at 18 to devote himself to turning Gandhi's vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. He settled in the UK in 1973, and has been the guiding spirit behind a number of internationally-respected ecological and educational ventures including the Schumacher College International Centre for ecological studies in South Devon. A passionate advocate of nuclear disarmament, his most notable achievement was the 8000-mile 'pilgrimage for peace' which he and a friend undertook in 1962, walking between the four capitals of the nuclear world - Moscow, Paris, London and the USA - carrying no money, and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers. In his 50th year he undertook another similar pilgrimage, walking 2000 miles around the holy places of Britain to celebrate his love of life and nature. He has received honorary doctorates from the universities of Plymouth and Lancaster, and international awards for his peace work. In recognition of his commitment to animal welfare and compassionate living, he was recently elected vice-president of the RSPCA.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and orchestra, Hob I:105
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Franz Liszt
12 茅tudes d'execution transcendante, S.139: No. 1 in C, 'Preludio'
Performers: Freddy Kempf (piano)
- BIS 1210.
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Litolff
Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102: Scherzo
Performers: Moura Lympany (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
- IVORY CLASSICS 70906.
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9.09: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Michael Haydn
Symphony in F, P32
Performers: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN9352.
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Franz Schubert
Erlk枚nig, D.328
Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
- DG 477 8995.
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Today's Brainteaser
Mystery Piece
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations in E flat, Op. 44
Performers: Florestan Trio
- HYPERION CDS 44471/4.
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Erik Satie
Le pi猫ge de M茅duse (Medusa's Trap)
Performers: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902017/18.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Performers: John Ogdon (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
- VANGUARD 08 8032 72.
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10.30: SATISH KUMAR'S CHOICES
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Vedic Chanting
Performers: Anonymous
- ANGEL 8 55948 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Performers: Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
- EMI 7 67810 2.
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Crotch
How Dear Are Thy Counsels
Performers: The Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (director)
- PORTRAIT PCL2102.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon and orchestra, Hob I:105
Performers: Marieke Blankestijn (violin), William Conway (cello), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 474 5672.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E
Performers: Solomon (piano)
- APR.7030.
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Thomas Tallis
If Ye Love Me
Performers: Chappelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director)
- BRILLIANT 93612/2.
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John Foulds
Dynamic Triptych
Performers: Peter Donohoe (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
- WARNER 4502979811.
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