Thursday - 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: Where am I?
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 glamorous 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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Piatti
Concerto con violincello obligato in D
Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Musique D'Abord.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda: Dance of the hours
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.6 鈥楶astoral鈥�: Allegretto
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Teldec.
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James Scott Skinner
The Hurricane (Spey in Spate & The Hurricane)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Ewen Vernal. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Tony Byrne. Performer: 脡amon Doorley.- Decca.
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Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in E flat major, Op 40 (1st mvt)
Performer: Francis Orval. Performer: Gy枚rgy Seb枚k. Performer: Arthur Grumiaux.- Pentatone.
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Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.- Decca.
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Christian Cannabich
Sinfonia in E flat
Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln.- Teldec.
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Antonio Salieri
Die Hussiten vor Naumburg: Entr鈥檃cte III
Conductor: Thomas Fey. Orchestra: Mannheimer Mozartorchester.- Hanssler Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Fruhlingsnacht
Performer: James Rhodes. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Signum.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Grand March (Aida)
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.- Marches in Hi-Fi: Arthur Fiedler.
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Richard Wagner
Walhall (Ring of the Nibelungen)
Performer: Ll欧r Williams. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.- Signum.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Where am I?
Broadcast
- Thu 14 Aug 2014 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.