Friday - Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry
With Sarah Walker. Including My Favourite Lute Music; Artist of the Week: flautist Aurele Nicolet, featured in Moscheles's Concertante in F for flute, oboe and orchestra.
9am
My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: name a piece of music used in a film or TV programme.
10am
Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having presented the 大象传媒 television series Tomorrow's World, and for her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite pieces of classical music.
10.30am
Music in Time: Classical
Sarah places Music in Time, putting the spotlight on the Classical period, showing how composers had to respond to the requirements of princely patrons. She plays a chamber piece by Haydn that features a now defunct instrument popular during this period: the Baryton.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aur猫le Nicolet. Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
Moscheles
Concertante in F for flute, oboe and orchestra
Aur猫le Nicolet (flute)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eliahu Inbal (conductor).
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Arthur Honegger
Petite suite
Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Naoko Yoshino.- PHILIPS.
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Georges Auric
The Titfield Thunderbolt Suite
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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My Favourite...lute music
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Trad.
Greensleeves
Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.- BIS.
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Jean Sibelius
Overture in E major
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
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Carl Nielsen
Suite for piano (Op.45), Poco moderato
Performer: Martin Roscoe.- Carl Nielsen: Complete piano music: Martin Roscoe.
- Hyperion.
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Giovanni Antonio Rigatti
Dixit Dominus
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Howard Goodall
The Lord is my shepherd
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
- UCJ.
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Joseph Haydn
Il Mondo della Luna (Overture)
Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.- BIS.
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Joaqu铆n Rodrigo
Serenata al alba del dia for flute and guitar, Andante moderato
Performer: Judith Hall. Performer: Walker, Tim.- Habanera! Judith Hall (flute) & Tim Walker (Guitar).
- Collins Classics.
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Vivienne Parry's Choice no.1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Vivienne Parry's Choice no.2
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Edvard Grieg
Varen [Spring], Op.33 no.2
Music Arranger: Grete Pedersen. Music Arranger: Thomas Beck. Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Singer: Janne Berglund. Singer: Silje Marie Aker Johnsen.- BIS.
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Music in Time: Classical
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Joseph Haydn
Baryton Trio in A major H.11.3
Ensemble: Esterh谩zy Baryton Trio.- BRILLIANT.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
The Fiddler's Child
Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Tielman Susato
Branle quatre branles; Ronde et salterelle; Ronde mon amy
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- TESTAMENT.
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Artist of the Week: Aur猫le Nicolet
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Ignaz Moscheles
Concertante in F major for flute, oboe and orchestra
Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eliahu Inbal.- PHILIPS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Ave Maria, Op.23 No.2
Singer: Herv茅 Lamy. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Choir: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Sonatina No.6, 'Kammerfantasie Super Carmen'
Performer: Geoffrey Tozer.- CHANDOS.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
Conductor: Charles Munch. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.- Charles Munch: Late Romantic Masterpieces.
- Sony Classical.
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Heard on Screen
Answer: Mr Bean
The music played:
Howard Goodall聽
Ecce Homo qui est faba
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral
Stephen Darlington (conductor)
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