Thursday - Sarah Walker with Greg Doran
With Sarah Walker. Musical challenge; Music on Location: Telemann Paris Quartets (second set); Artists of the Week: Tenebrae, featured peforming Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia.
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10am
Sarah's guest this week is the award-winning director Greg Doran. Greg is Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has directed the company in more than half of Shakespeare's works, as well as many new plays. Greg began his career with the RSC as an actor in the late 1980s, becoming an Assistant Director soon afterwards before climbing through the ranks to the top job. In 2016, Greg led the company's celebration of Shakespeare's 400th birthday by directing Shakespeare Live!, an event which honoured Shakespeare's legacy across the performing arts. Throughout the week Greg will be sharing some of his favourite classical music (much of it Shakespeare-inspired!) by composers including Prokofiev, Handel and Britten.
10.30am
Music on Location: Paris
In 1737 Telemann travelled from Hamburg to Paris to oversee the publication of some of his works and to make the acquaintance of the musical personalities of this culturally exuberant city. He was already well known to Parisian audiences and he was especially well received by the鈥疨arisian virtuosi who had been urging him to visit for some time. It is believed that, during his stay, Telemann composed and premiered his鈥痵econd set of Paris Quartets with these Parisian virtuosi, possibly playing alongside鈥痶hem.
Double Take
Sarah explores the nature of performance by highlighting the differences between two interpretations of Schubert's Moment musical D.780 No.3 in F minor, in performances by Andr谩s Schiff (on a fortepiano) and Maria Jo茫o Pires.
11am
Artists of the Week: Tenebrae
Sarah's Artists of the Week are the choir Tenebrae. Celebrated for their technical precision and dramatic interpretations, Tenebrae has established itself as one of the world's leading choirs under the direction of Nigel Short, who founded the choir in 2001. Since then, they've produced a large discography collaborating with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Aurora Orchestra, and with contemporary composers such as Joby Talbot, Bob Chilcott and Alexander L'Estrange. The choir has made celebrated recordings of many major choral works including Poulenc's Mass in G major, Parry's Songs of Farewell and Faur茅's Requiem, all of which Sarah will be featuring this week. Sarah's also chosen their recording of Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday and Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia.
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Hymn to St Cecilia
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Nigel Short (conductor).
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Charles Gounod
Faust: Act II Waltz
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- MERCURY.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Romance in B flat, Op.28
Performer: Sara Trickey. Performer: Daniel Tong.- DEUX-ELLES.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B flat major, K.270
Ensemble: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Teldec.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya: Prelude
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- PENTATONE.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Sonatina (on Transylvanian Peasant Themes)
Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis. -
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Joachim Raff
Prelude to Shakespeare's The Tempest
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Jean Sibelius
Humoresque No.5 in E flat major
Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.- Prokofiev & Sibelius - Violin Concertos.
- EMI Classics.
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Artists of the Week: Tenebrae
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Rest
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Greg Doran's first choice
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John Blow
Venus and Adonis: Adonis,鈥疷ncall'd鈥痜or Sighs鈥�
Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Greg Doran's second choice
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Benjamin Britten
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Niobe)
Performer: George Caird.- OBOE CLASSICS.
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Greg Doran's third choice
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Richard Strauss
Daphne Op.82 (Transformation Scene)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- DECCA.
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Arthur Bliss
Checkmate: Finale
Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans-Hubert Sch枚nzeler.- Chandos.
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Music on Location: Paris
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Georg Philipp Telemann
'Paris' Quartet No. 1 in D major, TWV 43:D3
Ensemble: Florilegium.- CHANNEL.
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Franz Schubert
Moment Musicaux D.780 (no.3 in F minor)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- ECM.
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Franz Schubert
Moment musicaux in F minor, D.780 no.3
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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Fritz Kreisler
Caprice Viennois Op.2
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: P茅ter Nagy.- Favourite Encores: Kavakos/Nagy.
- Delos.
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Artists of the Week: Tenebrae
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Benjamin Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Joby Talbot
Path of Miracles (Leon)
Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Op.38 'Spring'
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- EMI.
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