Thursday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love British Film Music; Recording Rewind; Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby; Sarah's Essential Choice: Smetana: String Quartet No 2.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Recording Rewind. Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Smetana
String Quartet No.2 'Intimate letters'
Talich Quartet.
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Music Played
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Moritz Moszkowski
Spanish Dance Op.12 No.3
Conductor: Ata煤lfo Argenta. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Schubert
Sonatina for violin and piano in D major, D.384
Performer: Martin Helmchen. Performer: Julia Fischer.- PENTATONE CLASSICS.
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5 Reasons to love... British Film Music
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Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet in E major, Op.11 No.5 (Minuet)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Royal Classics.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Euryanthe (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: EMMA KIRKBY
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Henry Purcell
An Evening Hymn
Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.- DECCA.
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C茅sar Franck
Prelude, Fugue and Variations, Op 18
Performer: Alexis Weissenberg.- EMI.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Romance (The Gadfly)
Performer: Alexander Kerr. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Waltz from Moscow-Cherymushki
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. -
LEANNE BENJAMIN'S CHOICE NO. 1
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Les Patineurs: Entr茅e
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- DECCA.
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LEANNE BENJAMIN'S CHOICE NO. 2
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Francis Poulenc
Organ Concerto (conclusion)
Performer: Ian Tracey. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.- CHANDOS.
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LEANNE BENJAMIN'S CHOICE NO. 3
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird (extracts)
Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in A major, Op 46 No 5
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- DG.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: EMMA KIRKBY
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate jubilate, K.165/158a (Salzburg Version)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Suite pastorale
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- MERCURY.
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Essential Choice
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Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No.2 in D minor
Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.- CALLIOPE.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: EMMA KIRKBY
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- DECCA.
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Recording Rewind
Romance (The Gadfly)
Alexander Kerr (violin)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)聽聽
DECCA
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