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Monday - Sarah Walker with Mariella Frostrup

With Sarah Walker. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Baroque; Artist of the Week: Harry Christophers, featured conducting works by Lotti and Matthew Martin.

9am
Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: which location is being depicted in this piece of music?

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the columnist, arts broadcaster and campaigner, Mariella Frostrup. Mariella is the host of Radio 4's Open Book, a programme which celebrates new writing as well as unearthing lost classics. She also presents the series Bringing Up Britain, a discussion about modern-day parenting, and writes a weekly agony aunt column in The Observer magazine. Throughout the week, Mariella reflects on her life and work and shares some of her favourite classical music with Sarah, including pieces by Scarlatti, Philip Glass and Handel.

10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Sarah places music in time. Today, she's in the Baroque period, discovering music that was performed at the Palace of Versailles.

11.00am
Artist of the Week: Harry Christophers
Sarah's artist of the week is the conductor Harry Christophers. Best known as the founder and conductor of The Sixteen, Christophers is also Artistic Director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society and Principal Guest Conductor of the Granada Symphony Orchestra. Christophers developed The Sixteen from an unnamed group of 16 singers and friends in 1977 into one of the most famous and highly respected chamber choirs in the world. Under his leadership the choir has become well known for balancing individual brilliance with sensitive ensemble, qualities which has allowed it to succeed in a wide range of music. Together the choir and Christophers have made definitive recordings of Handel oratorios, Purcell operas and Renaissance choral music, including Palestrina and music from the Eton Choirbook, as well as Lotti's Crucifixus, and Tallis's Spem in Alium, both of which we hear this week. Christophers has also made his mark with performances of contemporary music, by John Tavener and Frank Martin.

Lotti
Crucifixus for 8 voices
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

Matthew Martin
Stabat Mater
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor).

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Mon 23 Jan 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Coppelia: Act I No.2 'Waltz of Swannhilde'

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

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Sarah Walker's Featured Work

    • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

      Dances of Marosszek

      Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
      • HUNGAROTON.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.4`10

    Orchestra: Rebel Baroque Orchestra. Director: J枚rg-Michael Schwarz.
    • DORIAN.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    12 variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen'

    Performer: Maurice Gendron. Performer: Jean Fran莽aix.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid (Ballet Music from Act 2)

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DECCA.

  • Mariella Frostrup's Choice No. 1

    • L茅o Delibes

      Flower Duet (Lakm茅)

      Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Jane Berbi茅. Orchestra: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
      • Great Operatic Duets: Sutherland/Pavarotti/Freni/Horne.
      • Decca.
      • 1.

  • Mariella Frostrup's Choice No. 2

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto for recorder and oboe continuo in G minor RV103

      Ensemble: Badinage.
      • MERIDIAN.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Sommerfugl (Lyric Pieces, Op.43 No.1)

    Performer: Javier Perianes.

  • music in time: baroque

    • Jacques Champion de Chambonni猫res

      尝'础蹿蹿濒颈驳茅别

      Performer: Blandine Rannou. Performer: Benjamin Perrot.
      • MBF.

  • Fran莽ois Colin de Blamont

    Egine: Prologue (extract)

    Singer: Virginie Pochon. Singer: Caroline Mutel. Singer: Jean-S茅bastien Bou. Singer: Arnaud Marzorati. Ensemble: Les Nouveaux Caract猫res. Director: S茅bastien d鈥橦茅rin.
    • MBF.

  • John Adams

    Road Movies

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op.11

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • Carnaval: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Harry Christophers

    • Antonio Lotti

      Crucifixus for 8 voices

      Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
      • CORO.

  • Matthew Martin

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen.
    • CORO.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches: Suite

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 59 in A, Hob I: 59 'Fire'

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Haydn: The 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies: English Concert/ Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.

Musical Challenge: Mapping the Music

The answer was Spain - the music played was the Jota Aragonesa from Mikhail Glinka's Spanish Overtures.

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