Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Branford Marsalis
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the piano music of Claude Debussy; Artist of the Week: conductor Marin Alsop; Sarah's Essential Choice: Honegger: Pastorale d'ete.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love - the piano music of Claude Debussy'.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
During London Jazz Festival week, Sarah's guest is the virtuoso saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis, leader of the acclaimed Branford Marsalis Quartet. Although primarily known for his work in jazz, Marsalis is also a sought-after soloist with classical ensembles and orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic. Branford will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week's featured artist is the inspiring conductor Marin Alsop, director of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
11am
This week's Essential Choices all have a Swiss connection.
Honegger
Pastorale d'ete
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).
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Music Played
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Antonio Caldara
Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo: Overture
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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5 Reasons to Love Debussy
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Claude Debussy
Preludes, Book I: No. 12 Minstrels
Performer: Noriko Ogawa.- BIS.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade in E minor
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI.
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Bernhard Crusell
Divertimento for oboe and string quartet
Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.- DEUX-ELLES.
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- TESTAMENT.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations on "See the conquering hero comes", WoO 45
Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet. Orchestra: Suisse Romande Orchestra.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Branford Marsalis' Choice No. 1
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Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Conductor: Thomas Schippers. Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- RCA.
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Branford Marsalis Choice No. 2
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Gustav Mahler
Urlicht
Performer: Charles Spencer. Singer: Anne Schwanewilms.- Onyx.
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Artist of the Week: Marin Alsop
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version orch. Grof茅
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- DECCA.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B flat, RV579
Performer: The King鈥檚 Consort. Performer: Robert King.- HELIOS.
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Essential Choice
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Arthur Honegger
Pastorale d鈥檈te
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- LPO.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in G, Hob XVI:27
Performer: Ekaterina Dershavina.- PROPHIL.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F, Op.90
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- NAXOS.
Musical Challenge - Recording Rewind
Answer: The Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker
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