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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Zoe Wanamaker

With Sarah Walker. Includes Musical challenge; Music on Location: Italy. Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4; Artist of the Week: Jorge Bolet, featured in Franck's Prelude, Aria and Finale.

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9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify a mystery object.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the award-winning actress Zo毛 Wanamaker. Zo毛 is best known for her roles in the 大象传媒 series My Family, which ran for eleven series, and as Madam Hooch in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Zo毛 was immersed in the world of acting from a young age: her mother was an actress and radio star and her father was Sam Wanamaker, who drove the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe on London's South Bank. Zo毛 was the first person to perform on the stage when it was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the '70s and '80s. As well as discussing her life's work, Zo毛 shares her passion for classical music, choosing a selection of her favourite works.

10.30am
Music on Location: Italy
Continuing our new feature on Essential Classics, where Sarah explores music connected with a specific location: today Italy with Mendelssohn. "This is Italy...and I am loving it!" wrote Felix Mendelssohn in a letter to his parents during a tour of the country that included Rome, Naples and Venice. Inspired by the colour and atmosphere of Italy, he began sketches for one of his most popular works, his Symphony No.4 'Italian'.

11am
Artist of the Week: Jorge Bolet
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Cuban-born American pianist, Jorge Bolet. Born in Havana in 1914, he was praised in particular for his interpretations of Liszt, and his recorded legacy mainly focuses on the romantic tradition. His career was unusual in that he did not achieve international recognition until he was in his sixties. Bolet championed pieces that were out of fashion at the time, such as the piano music of Franck and Godowsky's fiendishly difficult arrangements of Chopin's Etudes, both of which feature this week on Essential Classics, as well as his recordings of Debussy's Preludes, works by Liszt and Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, where Bolet is joined by the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ivan Fischer.

Franck
Prelude, Aria and Finale
Jorge Bolet (piano).

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni K.527 (overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Barcarolle Op.108

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz. Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's return (Lemminkainen Suite Op.22)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE : ODE-1262-5.
    • ONDINE.
    • 004.

  • John Dowland

    La Mia Barbara

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.

  • Nicolaus Hermanni

    Rosa Rorans Bonitatem [St Birgitta's Hymn]

    Performer: Arve Henriksen. Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.
    • ECM.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Sonatina

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • EMI.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.

  • Zoe Wanamaker's First Choice

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Don Giovanni, K 527: Act 1 scene 3: Aria. 'Dalla sua pace'

      Singer: Keith Lewis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
      • EMI.

  • Zoe Wanamaker's Second Choice

    • Clara Schumann

      Er ist gekommen, Op.12'1

      Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
      • DECCA.

  • Zoe Wanamaker's Third Choice

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Requiem: Dies Irae; Tuba mirum; Mors stupebit; Liber scriptus

      Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Olga Borodina. Singer: Andrea Bocelli. Singer: Ildebrando d鈥橝rcangelo. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Music on Location: Italy

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Symphony no. 4 in A major Op.90 (Italian)

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
      • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4.
      • LSO LIVE.
      • 006.

  • Artist of the Week: Jorge Bolet

    • C茅sar Franck

      Prelude, aria and finale M.23 for piano

      Performer: Jorge Bolet.
      • DECCA.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • John Taverner

    Western wynde - Mass for 4 voices (Gloria)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Uri Smilansky

    Cantus firmus 'The Western Wynde'

    • AVIE: AV2352.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Igor Alexandrovich Frolov

    Concert Fantasy on themes from Porgy & Bess

    Performer: Joo Yeon Sir. Performer: Irina Andrievsky.
    • RUBICON.

Mystery Object: Microphone

The Mystery Object being described was the microphone.

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