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Monday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

With Sarah Walker. Including My Favourite Organs of Europe; Music in Time: Medieval; Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, featured conducting Beethoven's Symphony No 6.

9am
My favourite... organs of Europe. Sarah tours Europe as she offers up a selection of organ works, performed on great instruments including the organ of St. Laurenskerk Alkmaar in Holland, the organ in Denmark's Aarhus Cathedral, which dates back to 1730, the organs of Notre Dame and Germany's Freiburg Cathedral, and the organ of the Royal Albert Hall.

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

10am
Sarah's guest is the mathematician, writer and presenter Marcus du Sautoy. Known for popularising mathematics, Marcus is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Marcus will be talking to Sarah about maths and music, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical works, including music by Reich, Ligeti and Messiaen, every day at 10am.

10:30am
Music in Time: Medieval
Sarah places Music in Time as she heads back to the Medieval period to discover the Estampie, a popular instrumental and vocal dance form.

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the legendary conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan. Throughout the week Sarah shares classic recordings from Karajan's archives including Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony, Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and Strauss's Four Last Songs.

Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor).

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Mon 9 May 2016 09:00
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Music Played

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: HERBERT VON KARAJAN

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      III. Jagdlied (Musik zu einem Ritterballett)

      Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
      • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No.1

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Decca.

  • MY FAVOURITE...ORGANS OF EUROPE

    • Dieterich Buxtehude

      Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV149

      Performer: Ren茅 Saorgin.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Alla Pavlova

    Monolog

    Performer: Yaroslav Krasnikov. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rossen Milanov.
    • NAXOS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Ensemble: Sequentia.
    • EMI.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Dawn over the Moscow River (Khovanshchina)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Sextet in D minor

    Performer: Louise Williams. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ricercar a 6 (A Musical Offering BWV.1079)

      Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
      • DG.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Francis Poulenc

      Sanctus (Mass in G major)

      Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
      • Figure Humaine: Choral Works by Francis Poulenc.
      • Signum.
      • 3.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Olivier Messiaen

      Et j鈥檈ntendis la voix d'une foule immense (Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum)

      Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
      • DG.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scherzino (Four Pieces, Op.11)

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Russian Piano Music: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: MEDIEVAL

    • Anon.

      La quinte estampie real

      Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
      • DECCA.

    • Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

      Estampie ancienne, 'Kalenda Maya'

      Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIA VOX.

  • Pierre Passereau

    Il est bel et bon

    Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576, 'Hunt'

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Decca Eloquence.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Cyclopes (Pieces de Clavecin)

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Rameau: Nouvelles Suites: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 14.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: HERBERT VON KARAJAN

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No.6 in F major, Op.68 鈥楶astoral'

      Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
      • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturne in D flat major

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Anton Webern

    Im Sommerwind

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Eugene Ormandy - Brahms R. Strauss Webern Kabalevsky Rachmaninov Sibelius.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

Mystery Person

Answer: Alexander Borodin

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