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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Rare Piano Encores played by Leslie Howard; Artist of the Week: Colin Davis; 20 Great British Works: Walton: Symphony No 1.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Rare Piano Encores, performed by Leslie Howard.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, Sir Colin Davis

10.30am
This week Sarah?s guest is Maureen Lipman, the celebrated actress of stage and screen, who is also well known for her humorous books and newspaper and magazine columns.

Her many stage triumphs have ranged from singing legend, Florence Foster Jenkins, and the celebrated actress/monologist Joyce Grenfell (Re-Joyce) to Aunt Ella in the National Theatre?s production of Oklahoma! and Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music. Maureen was a member of Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre Company at the Old Vic. On screen, Maureen starred in the situation comedy Agony and has appeared in well-loved TV series such as Coronation Street, Casualty, Midsomer Murders, Jonathan Creek, Doctor Who, The Sweeney and Smiley?s People. She plays Irene Spencer in Ladies of Letters. On film her roles have included Tricia in Educating Rita, and the mother of The Pianist in Roman Polanski?s award-winning film of the same name. Her columns have appeared in The Guardian and Good Housekeeping.

11am
20 Great British Works

Walton: Symphony No.1
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 21 Jun 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

    Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 448 155-2.
  • 9.03am

    • George Frideric Handel

      Concerto grossi, Op. 3 No. 1 in B flat

      Performers: Alice Piérot (violin), Christian Moreaux (oboe), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (director)

      • WARNER APEX 2564 69720.
  • 9.13am

    • Bedrich Smetana

      From Bohemia's Woods and Groves (Ma Vlast)

      Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)

      • SUPRAPHON SU 3661-2.
  • 9.26: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Friedman

      Viennese Dance No. 2 'on motifs by Eduard Gartner'

      Performers: Leslie Howard (piano)

      • HYPERION HELIOS CDH55109.
  • 9.32: Artist of the Week - Colin Davis

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Dances from The Oprichnik

      Performers: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 411 448-2.
  • 9.40am

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34

      Performers: Melos Ensemble

      • EMI 9018514-2.
  • 9.50am

    • Mendelssohn arr. Rachmaninov

      Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music)

      Performers: Simon Trpceski (piano)

      • EMI 557943-2.
  • 9.55am

    • Zdenek Fibich

      Poem from At Twilight, Op. 39

      Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann (conductor)

      • ORFEO C 180 891 A.
  • 10am: Artist of the Week - Colin Davis

    • Edvard Grieg

      Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

      Performers: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 478 4614.
  • 10.30: Maureen Lipman's Choice

    • Albinoni arr. Giazotto

      Adagio for Strings

      Performers: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jaime Laredo (conductor)

      • IMP PCD2001.
  • 10.45: Maureen Lipman's Choice

    • Rodgers/Hammerstein [arr. Deutsch, orch. Courage, ed. Wilson]

      Oklahoma!: Overture/Main title, 'Oh what a beautiful morning'

      Performers: Julian Ovenden (tenor), John Wilson & his Orchestra

      • EMI 319301-2.
  • 10.59am

    • Gliere

      Chinese Dance (The Red Poppy)

      Performers: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic, Edward Downes (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN10679(5).
  • 11am: 20 Works celebrating British Music

    • William Walton

      Symphony No.1 in B flat minor

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)

      • RCA GD 87830.
  • 11.47am

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue in E minor (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1), BWV855

      Performers: Angela Hewitt (piano)

      • HYPERION CDS44291/4.
  • 11.50am

    • Hector Berlioz

      Les Troyens, Act V: Nos. 47 & 48: "Je vais mourir… Adieu fière cité"

      Performers: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

      • LSO LIVE LSO0010.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Dido's Lament from The Trojans ( "Je vais mourir... Adieu, fiere cite")

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  • Fri 21 Jun 2013 09:00

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