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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Erica Jong

With Sarah Walker. Includes Five Reasons to Love Hildegard von Bingen; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Jane Glover; Great Piano Sonatas: Mozart: Piano Sonata No 13 in B flat.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Hildegard von Bingen. A poet, scientist and philosopher, Hildegard of Bingen was one of the first known composers in the history of Western music. Having spent most of her life in a monastery, Hildegard produced a wealth of writings, illuminated manuscripts and devotional songs. As part of a season celebrating women in music, Sarah will be showcasing some of the best recordings of Hildegard's compositions, giving us five reasons to love her work nearly 900 years after it was first written.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happens next.

10am
In the lead up to International Women's Day, Sarah's guest is the author and teacher Erica Jong whose first novel Fear of Flying has become a feminist classic. Erica will be discussing her musical roots and sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am. To find out more about Radio 3's International Women's Day programming follow @大象传媒Radio3 and the hashtag #womensday

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Jane Glover. The Music Director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque and Director of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music, Glover blazed a trail as one of the first women to become a professional conductor. She has achieved an international reputation not just for her conducting but also for her academic achievements, and particularly for her work on Mozart. Sarah will be showcasing recordings chosen especially by Glover.

11am
This week Sarah showcases great piano sonatas.

Mozart
Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat major K.333
Lili Kraus (piano).

3 hours

Last on

Thu 5 Mar 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pieces de clavecin, 12th ordre: L鈥橝talante

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 10.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • 5 reasons to love... Hildegard of Bingen

    • Hildegard von Bingen

      O lerusalem

      Performer: Robert White. Ensemble: Doreen Muskett. Director: Christopher Page. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Choir: Gothic Voices.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    I am the true vine

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in D K.155

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Requiem in C minor - Dies Irae

    Conductor: Martin Pearlman. Ensemble: Boston Baroque.
  • Erica Jong's Choice

    • Ottorino Respighi

      Pines of Rome

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
  • Artist of the Week: Jane Glover

    • Benjamin Britten

      Les Illuminations Op.18

      Conductor: Jane Glover. Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
  • Essential Choice

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat minor K.333

      Performer: Lili Kraus.
  • Grace Williams

    Ballads for Orchestra

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 1 (BWV.1046) in F major [complete]

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.

Classical Consequences

Cherubini was never one to hide his opinion, especially when it came to musical matters. One day a friend handed him a score, saying it was by Mehul. After looking it over in some detail, Cherubini finally exclaimed: "This is not Mehul鈥檚! it is too bad to be his." The slightly ruffled visitor then asked "Well then, will you believe me if I tell you it is mine?鈥 What happened next?

Cherubini replied: " No. It is too good to be yours."

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  • Thu 5 Mar 2015 09:00

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