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Thursday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker is joined by peace and environment activist Satish Kumar. Plus a daily brainteaser, and the next pianist in Peter Donohoe's survey of 50 Great Pianists.

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 next 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

Bach: Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in C, BWV 1064
Kenneth Gilbert, Trevor Pinnock, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichords)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)
ARCHIV 471 754-2.

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Last on

Thu 20 Sep 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Two-Step, from Souvenirs, Op. 28 No. 4

    Performers: Leon McCawley (piano)

    • EMI 948 9552.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Performers: Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

    • SONY S70480C/88697720602.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    3 Mazurkas, Op. 32 No. 1

    Performers: Jonathan Plowright (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67803.
  • 9.15: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Michael Haydn

      Symphony in B flat, P9

      Performers: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN9352.
  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who am I?

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

    • DG 463 667-2.
  • Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Performers: Hagen Quartet

    • DG 427 669-2.
  • William Byrd

    Hugh Ashton's Grownde

    Performers: Joanna MacGregor (piano)

    • WARNER 825646830336.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo e questo', from Don Giovanni

    Performers: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (bass-baritone), Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

    • DG 477 9297 tk 1.
  • 10.30: Satish Kumar's Choices

    • John Tavener

      Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale)

      Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

      • EMI 5 55096 2.
  • Pahadi Dhun

    Dipchandi and Keherva Tal

    Performers: Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Shib Sankar Ray (table), Debopriya Chatterjee, Gauri Bapat (tamburas)

    • NIMBUS NI 5469.
  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in C, BWV 1064

      Performers: Kenneth Gilbert, Trevor Pinnock, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichords), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)

      • ARCHIV 471 754-2.
  • Franz Liszt

    La Lugubre Gondola, S134

    Performers: Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Ad猫s (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67948.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45

    Performers: Domus: Susan Tomes (piano), Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Robin Ireland (viola), Timothy Hugh (cello)

    • HYPERION CDA30007.

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  • Thu 20 Sep 2012 09:00

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