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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Anne Reid

Discover definitive recordings of classical music with your trusted guide Sarah Walker. Her guest is actress Anne Reid.

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: can you work out the classical source of this pop song?

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the actress Anne Reid. Anne has worked extensively in television, film and theatre, and is best-known for her roles in the hit TV series Last Tango in Halifax, and Dinnerladies. Anne trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts before making early TV appearances on The Benny Hill Show and Hancock's Half Hour. In 1961 Anne joined the cast of Coronation Street, a show that she would be part of 10 years. Her acclaimed performance in Roger Michell's film The Mother with Daniel Craig led her to being awarded the London Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress and Best Actress at the Cinessonne European Film Festival. As well as discussing her life and work as an actress, throughout the week Anne shares her passion for classical music, choosing a selection of her favourite works.

10.30 Music on Location: Leipzig
This week Sarah explores music connected with Leipzig, today she retraces the beginnings of the relationship between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, who met in Leipzig

Proms Artist of the Week: Mark Elder
Sarah's Proms Artist of the Week is Sir Mark Elder. Elder is one of the UK's most successful and respected conductors, and has been at the helm of the 贬补濒濒茅 since 2000. Previously, Elder was Music Director of English National Opera (1979-1993) and has been Principal Guest Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and London Mozart Players. He's also worked with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra, and in prestigious opera houses such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera New York. This Wednesday (23rd August) Elder brings the 贬补濒濒茅 to the 大象传媒 Proms to perform Dvo艡谩k's Symphony No 9, 'From the New World'. Throughout the week Sarah will be featuring Elder's recordings with the 贬补濒濒茅 of works by Debussy (orch. Colin Matthews), Richard Strauss, Wagner, Finzi and Delius.

Wagner
The Flying Dutchman - Overture
贬补濒濒茅
Mark Elder (conductor).

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Wed 23 Aug 2017 09:00
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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Freundliche Landschaft (Waldszenen, Op 82)

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Franz von Supp猫

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autrefois, Op 87

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky.
    • DECCA.

  • Stevie Wishart

    Iste confessor

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Performer: Michael How. Performer: Bill Taylor. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Set Upon the Rood.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K.270

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise No.6 in A flat major, Op.53 'Heroic'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • EMI.

  • Anne Reid's first choice

    • Stephen Sondheim

      A Little Night Music: Overture / Night Waltz, from Act I

      Performer: Stephen R. Buntrock. Performer: Jayne Paterson. Performer: Marissa McGowan. Performer: Kevin David Thomas. Performer: Besty Morgan. Conductor: Tom Murray. Director: Caroline Humphris. Orchestra: Orchestra. Choir: Company.
      • NONESUCH.

  • Anne Reid's second choice

    • Jason Carr

      Europa: III. Rome

      Orchestra: London Accordion Orchestra.
      • SOTONES RECORDS.

  • Anne Reid's third choice

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Make our garden grow (Candide)

      Singer: Barbara Cook. Singer: Robert Rounseville. Orchestra: Candide Orchestra and chorus. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
      • CBS.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Music on Location: Leipzig

    • Clara Schumann

      Three Romances for violin, Op 22

      Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
      • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Mark Elder

    • Richard Wagner

      The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

      Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
      • Wagner: Halle/Sir Mark Elder.
      • Halle.
      • 3.

  • Anonymous

    Nobody's Jig; Mr Lane's Maggot; Black and Grey

    Ensemble: Les Witches.
    • Nobody's Jig.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.

Musical Challenge: Classical Roots

The piece was Chopin's 'Heroic' Polonaise in A flat major Op 53, which was used by Monty Python to accompany their Oliver Cromwell song

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  • Wed 23 Aug 2017 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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