Thursday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Glendinning
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Victoria de los Angeles - The Sweetheart Soprano; Brainteaser; Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer; Author Victoria Glendinning.
with Sarah Walker and her guest, the biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist, Victoria Glendinning.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Victoria de los Angeles The Sweetheart Soprano REGIS. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Proms Artist of the Week: Ivan Fischer
10:30
She has written biographies of personalities such as Edith Sitwell, Vita Sackville-West, Jonathan Swift, Anthony Trollope and Sir Stamford Raffles, which have been praised for their sensitive approach emphasizing the importance of romantic and family relationships, as opposed to larger historical forces. She has also written three novels, The Grown-Ups, Electricity and Flight. Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature, Victoria was awarded a CBE in 1998.
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Music Played
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Postillons (from Suite in B flat, 3eme production, Musique de table)
Conductor: Robert King. Ensemble: King聮s Consort.- Hyperion.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Snow Maiden: Suite
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.- Pentatone Classics.
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Giacomo Puccini
Si, mi chiamano Mimi (La Boheme, Act I)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles. Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling.- Alto.
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George Frideric Handel
Sonata a 5 in B flat HWV.288
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo 脿 la russe
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Igor Stravinsky
Tango
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Flute Concerto in G major, RV 435
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.- EMI.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture Op.26
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- Hyperion.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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CPE Bach
Symphony in E, Wq 182 No 6
Performer: The English Concert. Performer: Trevor Pinnock (director).- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 (II. Adagio)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (III. Rondo)
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.- Philips.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz No 15 in E, op posth
Performer: Claudio Arrau (piano).- PHILIPS.
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