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Monday - Sarah Walker with Jeanette Winterson

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Purcell Ground Bass; Clarke: Viola Sonata; Artist of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin in Ravel's Introduction and Allegro.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Purcell ground bass'. Throughout the week Sarah shares some favourite examples of Purcell ground bass, highlighting its hypnotic nature, innate expressivity and imaginative harmonies in works including Dido and Aeneas, Ode for St Cecilia's Day and Come Ye Sons of Art.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related place

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the writer Jeanette Winterson, whose semi-autobiographical 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit' won the Whitbread Award for a first novel in 1985. Since then her writing has been praised for its startling originality in books about humanoid robots, witches, time travel, quantum physics, and above all the search for love. Her latest book is the first in a series of 'covers' of Shakespeare plays - a modern take on The Winter's Tale. Jeanette will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Handel, Gluck, Adams and Barber, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah features the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Clarke
Viola Sonata

11am
Sarah's Artists of the Week are the Ensemble Wien-Berlin. This esteemed wind quintet was formed in 1983 when five musicians, mostly principal players with the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic orchestras, decided to join forces. The group has since built up an international reputation, performing at some of the most prestigious venues in the world and collaborating with string players and pianists to widen their repertoire. Throughout the week Sarah showcases some favourites from their catalogue of recordings, with works by composers including Mozart, Spohr and Debussy.

Ravel
Introduction and Allegro
Ensemble Wien-Berlin.

3 hours

Music Played

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: ENSEMBLE WIEN-BERLIN

    • Jean Fran莽aix

      III. Allegro molto (Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon)

      Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
      • CAMERATA.
  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...PURCELL GROUND BASSES

    • Henry Purcell

      Chacony in G minor

      Ensemble: London Baroque.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Fugue (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Max Reger

    Romance for viola and piano

    Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Music Arranger: Hans Sitt.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in C minor, Wq.65/31

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • DG.
  • Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

    Concerto 脿 pi霉 istrumenti, Op 5 No 6

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • TELDEC.
  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Orchestrator: Edward Elgar. Choir: 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.
  • JEANETTE WINTERSON'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Samuel Barber

      Agnus Dei

      Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
      • HYPERION.
  • JEANETTE WINTERSON'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Giacomo Puccini

      Vissi d'arte (Tosca, Act 2)

      Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran莽aise. Conductor: Georges Pr锚tre.
      • EMI.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Air tres gay (Les Paladins)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • PHILIPS.
  • THE BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST SATURDAY'S CD REVIEW

    • Rebecca Clarke

      Sonata for viola and piano

      Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
      • MYRIOS CLASSICS.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourree fantasque (version for orchestra)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: ENSEMBLE WIEN-BERLIN

    • Maurice Ravel

      Introduction and Allegro

      Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
      • DG.
    • Jean Fran莽aix

      L'heure du berger

      Performer: Ferenc Bogn谩r. Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
      • CAMERATA.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Variations for keyboard in C major, Hob.XVII:5

    Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸.
    • NAXOS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No.5 in F major Op.76

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.

By Association

Answer: Parry and Elgar

The music played:

Parry orch. Elgar
Jerusalem
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC

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