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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Handel Keyboard Suites; Artist of the Week: Gabrieli Consort and Players; Sarah's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 6.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Handel Keyboard Suites performed by Anne Queff茅lec.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, The Gabrieli Consort and Players

10.30am
In the week of the Henley Royal Regatta, Sarah's guest is the Olympic and double world champion in rowing, Anna Watkins. Anna forged a formidable partnership with Katherine Grainger in the double scull and they have won gold in every World Cup regatta they have entered, the total winning streak currently standing at 23 races over three years. Having won back-to-back World titles in 2010 and 2011, the partnership memorably won gold at the London 2012 Olympics in front of an ecstatic home crowd. Anna was awarded the MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours list.

11am
Essential Choice

Sibelius: Symphony No. 6
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Fri 5 Jul 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • Cassardo

    La pendule, la fileuse et le gallant

    Performers: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Rina Dokshinsky (piano)

    • EMI 5731642.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell: Overture

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • RCA RD 70316.
  • Bridge

    Summer

    Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 1892.
  • 9.25: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • George Frideric Handel

      Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: Sarabande

      Performers: Anne Queffelec (piano)

      • MIRARE MIR010.
  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Only Connect

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

  • 9.32: Artists of the Week - The Gabrieli Consort

    • Dove

      Into Thy Hands

      Performers: Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)

      • SIGNUM SIGCD281.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Concertino for clarinet and orchestra

    Performers: Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

    • ONDINE ODE 3572.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Performers: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • DECCA 4701992.
  • 10.01: Artists of the Week - The Gabrieli Consort

    • Michael Praetorius

      Puer natus in Bethlehem; Mass: Kyrie; Gloria

      Performers: Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)

      • ARCHIV 439 2502.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    From the Homeland: Andantino - Moderato

    Performers: James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano)

    • ANALEKTA FL23191.
  • 10.30: Anna Watkins' Choices

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467: Allegro

      Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 420 8382.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Auf der Jagd - Polka Op. 373

    Performers: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    • EMI CZS 7627512.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Valsa da dor

    Performers: Cristina Ortiz (piano)

    • DECCA 4176502.
  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 6

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

      • LSO LIVE LSO0537.
  • John Sheppard

    In manus tuas

    Performers: Gabrieli Consort

    • SIGNUM SIGCD281.
  • Gliere

    Pieces Op.35 Nos. 3 & 4

    Performers: Ivan Paisov (oboe), Natalia Shcherbakova (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.570596.
  • 11.35am

    • Johannes Brahms

      Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100

      Performers: Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria Joao Pires (piano)

      • DG 435 8002.

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  • Fri 5 Jul 2013 09:00

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