Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Telemann Wind Concertos; Michael Tilson Thomas; Sarah's Essential Choice: Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano.
with Sarah Walker, and her guest, comedian and actress Rebecca Front
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Telemann Wind Concertos - Musica Antiqua Cologne, Reinhard Goebel, ARCHIV
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
10.30am
This week Sarah Walker is joined by comedian and actress Rebecca Front, best known for her performances as Nicola Murray MP in the political satire, The Thick of It. She appeared in a series of critically acclaimed satirical comedies in the early 1990s, including On The Hour, The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You...with Alan Partridge. During the 2000s, her career continued across a range of comedy genres with prominent roles in animation Monkey Dust, Time Gentlemen Please, Nighty Night, and sketch show Big Train. In recent years Rebecca has regularly appeared on comedy panel shows on British television and radio including The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You and If I Ruled The World. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. Since 2006, she has been writing columns for The Guardian.
11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano
Janos Starker (cello)
Gy枚rgy Sebok (piano).
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker: March
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
- DG 449 726 2.
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9.03: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in B flat major, TV 44
Performers: Peter Westermann, Michael Niesemann & Piet Dhont (oboes), Musica Antiqua K枚ln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
- ARCHIV 419 633 2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz No. 1, Op. 18 (Grande Valse Brillante)
Performers: Tamas Vasary (piano)
- DG 469 350 2.
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C茅sar Franck
Les Eolides
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9875.
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Today's Brainteaser
Only Connect - Star-crossed or ill-fated lovers
Performers: Sibelius - Pastorale from Pelleas & Melisande Suite; Wagner - from Act 1 scene 4 Tristan & Isolde; Tchaikovsky - Fantasy overture Romeo & Juliet
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9.32: Artist of the Week - Michael Tilson Thomas
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Meditation
Performers: Joshua Bell (violin), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SH 94832.
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Arnold
Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet, Op. 37
Performers: James Galway (flute), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Antony Pay (clarinet)
- RCA 09026 688602.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Michael Tilson Thomas
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version 鈥� 1926)
Performers: George Gershwin (piano roll), Columbia Jazz Band, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
- CBS CD42240.
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Jean Sibelius
Rakastava (The Beloved), Op. 14
Performers: Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 6591.
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10.30: Rebecca Front's Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for harpsichord, flute and violin in A minor, BWV 1044: Alla breve
Performers: Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Andrew Manze (violin), Ton Koopman (harpsichord/director), The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
- ERATO 2292 45646 2.
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Personal Shopper
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polka peu dansante op 51 no 2
Performers: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN10493.
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Johann Strauss II
Wine, women and song
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- DECCA 417 693 2.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Claude Debussy
Sonata for cello and piano
Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Gyorgy Sebok (piano)
- MERCURY 434 358 2.
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11.12am
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 438 335 2.
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11.55: Artist of the Week - Michael Tilson Thomas
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Gershwin (reconstructed Michael Tilson Thomas)
Short Story
Performers: Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)
- CBS CD39699.
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George Gershwin
Short Story
Broadcast
- Fri 5 Apr 2013 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
Our Classical Century
Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.
Time Travellers: the podcast
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.
