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Friday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: Angela Hewitt. Couperin: Les folies francoises. Bach: French Suite No 6; Sarah's Essential Choice: Stravinsky: Pulcinella.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including the Essential CD of the Week: British Wind Band Classics - Wind Music by Holst and Vaughan Williams. Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish. CHANDOS CHAN 9697.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Angela Hewitt. Today she performs works by two of the finest keyboard exponents from the Baroque: Couperin (Les Folies francoises, ou Les Dominos) and Bach (French Suite No. 6 in E major BWV 817).

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is Julian Rhind-Tutt, best known as Dr "Mac" McCartney in the comedy TV series "Green Wing". On his final day as this week's guest, Julian shares some of his musical choices, and Sarah acts as his personal shopper, picking out a piece she hopes he will enjoy.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Stravinsky
Pulcinella
Fiona James (soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Henry Herford (bass)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Stefan Sanderling (conductor)
NAXOS 8.553181.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 6 Apr 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alla hornpipe (Water Music)

    Performers: Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (director)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SK68257.
  • 9.04: Sarah's CD of the Week

    • Gustav Holst

      Suite No. 2 for Military Band Op. 28 No. 2

      Performers: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN9697.
  • Stravinsky arr. Stravinsky & Samuel Dushkin

    Scherzo from The Firebird

    Performers: Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Olli Mustonen (piano)

    • PHILIPS 420 953 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio for flute, violin & cello No. 5 in C

    Performers: Barthold Kuijken (flute), Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), Wieland Kuijken (cello)

    • ACCENT ACC68641D.
  • Sullivan

    Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard

    Performers: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Isidore Godfrey (conductor)

    • LONDON 417 358 2.
  • 9.35: Artist of the Week - Angela Hewitt

    • Louis Couperin

      Les Folies fran莽oises, ou Les Dominoes

      Performers: Angela Hewitt (piano)

      • HYPERION CDA 67520.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    The Little Train of the Caipira (Toccata from Bachianas Brasilieras no 2)

    Performers: Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran莽aise, Heitor Vila-Lobos (conductor)

    • EMI CDZ 767 231 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 6 in E major BWV 817

    Performers: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 671212.
  • Roth (text by George Herbert)

    The Flower

    Performers: Ex Cathedra, Geoffrey Skidmore (conductor)

    • SIGNUM SIGCD 270.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Le Chasseur Maudit

    Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 747 849 2.
  • 10.30: Julian Rhind-Tutt's Choices

    • Leos Jan谩膷ek

      The Holy Virgin of Frydek (No. 4 from On an Overgrown Path)

      Performers: Ivan Klansky (piano)

      • METRONOME 8359182.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    String Quartet No.2 鈥 mvmt 4

    Performers: Melos Quartet

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901380 2.
  • Pandolfo

    Improvisation sopra las vacas

    Performers: Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Guida Morini (organ), Thomas Boysen (baroque guitar), Alvaro Garrido (percussion)

    • GLOSSA GCDP30409.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Scherzo op 54 no 5

    Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    • DG 459 671 2.
  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Pulcinella (complete ballet)

      Performers: Fiona James (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Henry Herford (baritone), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stefan Sanderling (conductor)

      • NAXOS 8553181.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude BWV 682 'Vater unser im Himmelreich' (Lord's Prayer)

    Performers: Christopher Herrick (Metzler organs of the Stadtkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland)

    • HYPERION CDA 672133.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Am Karfreitage (On Good Friday) Op. 79 No. 6 (Six Anthems for different times of the year)

    Performers: Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (director)

    • HYPERION CDA66359.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Warum toben die Heiden (Psalm 2) Op. 78 No. 1

    Performers: Christine Barratt & Janey Mackenzie (sopranos), Joya Logan & Jenny Youde (altos), John Bowen & Keith Parker (tenors), Kenneth Roles & Graham Dinnage (basses), Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (director)

    • HYPERION CDA66359.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude BWV 682 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Am Karfreitage (On Good Friday) Op. 79 No. 6

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Warum toben die Heiden (Psalm 2) Op. 78 No. 1

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Apr 2012 09:00

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