Tuesday - Sarah Walker with William Boyd
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana; Proms Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti.
Sarah Walker's guest this week is the author William Boyd. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Who's Singing?
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti
10:30
Sarah's guest this week is the prize-winning African-born author and screenwriter William Boyd, whose novels include A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Any Human Heart and Solo - a new James Bond novel continuing the adventures of Ian Fleming's spy hero. His screenplays include Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin, recalling the glamous life of the famous silent-film star, and The Trench (which Boyd also directed), set 24 hours before the battle of the Somme, and an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.
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Music Played
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Gavotte pour les Z茅phirs (Na茂s)
Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.- Linn.
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov
Caucasian Sketches: Suite No.1 No.4 鈥楶rocession of the Sardar鈥�
Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.- Onyx.
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Franz Schubert
Rondo in A major D.951
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.- DG.
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Alfredo Casella
Symphonic Fragments from 鈥楲a donna serpent鈥� Op.50 Sinfonia
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chandos.
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Sweelinck
Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV328/N10
Performer: Robert Woolley (virginal).- CHACONNE.
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Who鈥檚 Singing?
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Romance (The Gadfly)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Decca.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Pohadka (Fairy Tale): 3rd mvt
Performer: Danjulo Ishizaka. Performer: Shai Wosner.- Onyx.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Rondine: Bevo al tuo fresco serriso
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Choir: London Voices. Singer: Roberto Alagna.- EMI.
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Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No.1 Op.35
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- DG.
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Anon.
Beata viscera
Performer: Trio Medi忙val.- ECM.
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Frederick Delius
Summer Evening
Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- EMI.
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Benjamin Britten
Violin Concerto Op.15: Moderato con moto
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Performer: Janine Jansen.- Decca.
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Maurice Ravel
Waltz No. 6
Performer: Brodsky Quartet.- CHANDOS.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Who's Singing?
Magda de Civry, from Puccini's La Rondine, sung by Ren茅e Fleming.
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Ren茅e Fleming (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
DECCA 458 8582
Broadcast
- Tue 12 Aug 2014 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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