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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Marcus du Sautoy

With Sarah Walker. Including My Favourite Organs of Europe; Beethoven: Rondo a capriccio; Artist of the Week: Herbert von Karajan, conducting Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1.

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 our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

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: Classical
Sarah places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Classical period and the particular pattern of the rondo form in Beethoven's Rondo a capriccio in G Op.129.

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.

Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor).

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Tue 10 May 2016 09:00
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Music Played

  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Mors

    Choir: Theatre of Voices. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha毛ton, Op.39

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • SONY.

  • MY FAVOURITE...ORGANS OF EUROPE

    • Louis Vierne

      Feux follets (Pi猫ces de fantaisie Suite No 2)

      Performer: Olivier Latry.
      • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Antonio Rosetti

    Bassoon Concerto in C major

    Performer: Eckart Hubner. Orchestra: Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester. Director: Eckart Hubner.
    • CPO.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 50 No 3

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • LINN.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Octet (Divertimento No.1) in G major

    Orchestra: Combattimento. Director: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Now sleeps the crimson petal

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Jasper de Waal. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Director: Candida Thompson.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Benjamin Britten

      Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Moonlight; Storm)

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

  • MARCUS DU SAUTOY'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Sacrificial Dance (The Rite of Spring)

      Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Nine Epigrams (No 5)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello: Clein / Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: CLASSICAL

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op.129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'

      Performer: Alfred Brendel.
      • VOXBOX.

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Concert Rondo in E flat major K.371

      Performer: Roger Montgomery. Performer: Margaret Faultless. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
      • Signum SIGCD345.
      • Signum.
      • 15.

  • William Byrd

    Infelix ego for 6 voices

    Choir: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • William Byrd: Infelix ego The Cardinall's Musick.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Courante (Suite for keyboard No.5 in E major)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: HERBERT VON KARAJAN

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23

      Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
      • DG.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Edward Elgar

    Froissart Overture, Op.19

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

Recording Rewind

The music played:

Britten
I. Prologue (Serenade for tenor, horn and strings)
Radek Baborak (horn)
EMI

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 May 2016 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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