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Sarah Walker and James Jolly to present new Radio 3 weekday morning programme
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Sarah Walker and James Jolly are to present a new weekday morning programme on
91Èȱ¬ Radio 3.
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Classical Collection (10.00am-noon) offers an in-depth guide
to both contemporary and historic recordings of classical music, focussing
mainly upon the core repertoire.
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Sarah is a pianist and musicologist who has
been a Radio 3 presenter for many years and she introduces the launch
edition of Classical Collection on 2 April 2007.
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This is James' first regular presenting role on the station but he is already
a familiar voice to listeners having frequently contributed to CD Review.
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He
is Editor-in-Chief of Gramophone magazine and brings his extensive knowledge
of both the repertoire and recording industry to the programme.
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In each programme Sarah or James will focus on performance and interpretation
of the repertoire. Regular features across the week will include discussion
around three short works, comparing and analysing performers' interpretations
or the performance of particular composers.
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The week will open with a complete
performance of the critics' choice from the previous weekend's Building A
Library in CD Review.
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Roger Wright, Controller of Radio 3 says: "We aim to encourage and guide
our listeners through the wealth of recorded music.
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"Sarah and James are
authoritative voices whose knowledge will continue to build 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3's
reputation as the trusted guide to classical music."
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Sarah Walker says: "For me, working on Classical Collection is like being a
kid in a sweet shop - the entire core classical repertoire is at my disposal,
so in planning my first few weeks I've incorporated many distinctive
performances of my favourite works.
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"I will be sharing my thoughts on each
interpretation featured on the programme and really hope that listeners will
enjoy the journey."
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James Jolly says: "Interpretation of music has been one of my passions since
my teens so the opportunity to introduce my personal choices of great music in
great performances is really tremendous.
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"I worked at 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 in the late
1980s and greatly look forward to working once again for a station that has
been a constant companion down the years."
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Classical Collection is produced for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 by Classic Arts Productions.
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Notes to Editors
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The presenters
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Sarah Walker was born in Barnsley and studied music at Royal Holloway College,
followed by postgraduate studies in Performance and English Experimental Music
at Reading University and City University.
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Her first work as a broadcaster
dates back to 1992 when she presented Radio 3's Midnight Oil, followed soon
afterwards by the flagship contemporary music programme Hear and Now.
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Over the
next few years Sarah went on to present a wide variety of programmes for
Radio 3 and 91Èȱ¬ TV including Building A Library, Discovering Music,
Performance On 3, Morning On 3, Afternoon Performance, Radio 3 Lunchtime
Concerts, The Proms and the 91Èȱ¬ Young Musician Of The Year.
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James Jolly was editor of Gramophone from 1989 to 2005. He stepped down from
the role on the publication of the magazine's 1,000th issue, taking on the title
of Editor-in-Chief. He contributes a monthly column on downloading and new
technologies to the magazine and is also editor of the Classical Good CD, DVD
and Download Guide.
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His written contributions outside Gramophone include
articles for The Grove Dictionary Of Opera. James's first professional involvement with 91Èȱ¬ Radio included a period as one of the producers of
Saturday Review (the precursor of CD Review) at the end of the Eighties. Since
then he has contributed not only to CD Review but also to Aled Jones's The
Choir and, on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 2, to The Green Room with Mariella Frostrup. Ìý
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