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Sarah Walker, Rob Cowan and guest Charles Dance

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Chopin's Preludes; musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Andre Previn; Sarah's Essential Choice: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Chopin's Preludes'. Throughout the week Sarah offers a selection of her favourite preludes, highlighting the variety of expression and sentiment contained in Chopin's famous set with classic recordings by pianists including Martha Argerich, Garrick Ohlsson, Shura Cherkassky and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
Veteran British star of stage and screen Charles Dance shares his favourite classical music with Rob Cowan every morning and talks about roles such as Tywin Lannister in hit TV series Game of Thrones. During his four-decade long career, other credits include the Jewel in the Crown, Gosford Park and The Imitation Game. His new film, Woman in Gold, opens this week.

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor and pianist Andr茅 Previn whose recordings range from the classics of the American repertoire and famous ballet scores to film music and his own compositions. Sarah will be exploring the full range of this very versatile artist throughout the week.

11am
For this week's Essential Choices Sarah shares her love of both well-known and rare Nordic masterpieces.

Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Radu Lupu (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andr茅 Previn (conductor).

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Wed 8 Apr 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Peter Pettinger.
    • CHANDOS.

  • 5 Reasons To Love: Chopin鈥檚 Preludes, Opus 28.

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Preludes, Op.28, No.16

      Performer: Martha Argerich.
      • DG.

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Preludes, Op.28 (nos 3, 18 & 19)

      Performer: Martha Argerich.
      • DG.

  • Felice Anerio

    Salve Regina

    Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Eamonn Dougan.
    • CORO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370

    Performer: Christopher O'Neal. Orchestra: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • Artist Of The Week: Andr茅 Previn

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Nutcracker, Act I: Waltz of the Flowers

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
      • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in B flat major, D 68

    Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • CASCAVELLE.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore, Act II: 鈥淰edi! La fosche鈥� (Anvil Chorus)

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • EMI.

  • Charles Dance鈥檚 Selections

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata, op.57 鈥楢ppasionata鈥�: 2nd movement Andante con moto

      Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
      • EMI.
      • CDC 747345-2.
      • 8.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paco de Luc铆a. Orchestra: Orquestra de Cadaqu茅s. Conductor: Edmon Colomer.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to St Cecilia

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Artist Of The Week: Andr茅 Previn

    • Edward Elgar

      Enigma Variations

      Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Essential Choice & Artist Of The Week

    • Edvard Grieg

      Piano Concerto in A minor

      Performer: Radu Lupu. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
      • DECCA.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Dumka

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • NAXOS.

  • Georg B枚hm

    Overture a 5 in D major for string and continuo reconstr. Holman

    Director: Peter Holman. Director: Roy Goodman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • German Consort Music, 1660-1710: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

Recording Rewind

The answer: The Anvil Chorus by Verdi from Il Trovatore.


The music played:

Verdi

The Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Ambrosian Singers

Philharmonia Orchestra

Riccardo Muti (conductor)

EMI CDC 747274-2


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