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Wednesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Flute Sonatas; Artist of the Week: Charles Dutoit; Sarah's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Flute Sonatas - Andrea Oliva and Angela Hewitt

10am
Artist of the Week: Charles Dutoit

10.30am
In the week of Guy Fawkes Night, Sarah's guest is the politician and author Michael Dobbs. Michael was an advisor to Margaret Thatcher, a Conservative MP speechwriter, and served as a Government Special Advisor during the 1980s. In the John Major government, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, after which he retired from politics. He is best known as the author of many books, beginning in 1989 with the publication of House of Cards, which became the first in a trilogy of political thrillers, followed by To Play the King and The Final Cut. All three books were adapted by the 大象传媒 into a mini series. His novel Winston's War was shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book of the Year Award, and is in development to be adapted as a feature film.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 1
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA

Also in this hour, Lucky Dip: Sarah dips into her CD collection and shares a piece - it could be a recent discovery, an old favourite, or simply something that just has to be heard. Expect the unexpected!

3 hours

Last on

Wed 6 Nov 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouverture (Suite in D) - Gigue

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PANCLASSICS.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    English, Scottish and Irish Dances

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E minor BWV1034

    Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Langueurs-Tendres (Ordre No.6)

    Performer: John Kitchen (harpsichord).
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Various Artists

    Famous Openings

    Performer: Various Artists.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La gazza ladra - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Decca.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto TWV 43:d2 in D minor for 2 violins, viola & b.c. (4th Book of Quartets No. 6)

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PANCLASSICS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Sony.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite (Cortege)

    Performer: Amsterdam Guitar Trio.
    • RCA.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • ONYX.
  • Gustav Holst

    Japanese Suite Op.33

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Performer: Sir Andrew Davis (conductor).
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626 - Lacrimosa dies illa; Domine Jesu

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No.9 'Fron the New World' (Adagio - Allegretto moderato)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • 大象传媒 Legends.
  • John Ireland

    Ballerina

    Performer: Piers Lane (piano).
    • HYPERION.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No.1 Op.13

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse: Ombra mai fu

    Singer: Fritz Wunderlich. Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans-Muller Kray.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for recorder, oboe, vioiln, bassoon and continuo in D RV95

    Performer: Michala Petri (recorder). Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe). Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon). Performer: I Musici.
    • PHILIPS.

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  • Wed 6 Nov 2013 09:00

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