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Thursday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. In the week marking the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, her guest is Dame Wendy Hall, a leading expert in computer science.

9.00am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Purcell Chamber Music performed by London Baroque

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Gewandhaus Orchestra

10.30am
In the week that marks the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing, Sarah's guest is Dame Wendy Hall, a leading expert in computer science.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Beethoven: Symphony No 5
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber (conductor).

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Thu 21 Jun 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey!

    Performers: 91热爆 Philharmonic, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10638.

  • 9.03: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Overture in G to the ballet 'The Creatures of Prometheus', Op. 43

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny (conductor)

      • BERLIN CLASSICS 2672.

  • 9.09: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Henry Purcell

      Trio Sonata No. 7 in E minor, Z796

      Performers: London Baroque

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951327.

  • Vieuxtemps

    Greeting to America, Op. 56

    Performers: Chlo毛 Hanslip (violin), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67878.

  • 9.31: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Johannes Brahms

      Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G minor and No. 6 in D

      Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, V谩clav Neumann (conductor)

      • TELDEC 8.48270.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G, Hob XVI:6

    Performers: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67882.

  • 9.55:

    • Giovanni Gabrieli

      In Ecclesiis

      Performers: I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

      • DECCA 478 3506.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding-Day at Troldhaugen, op.65 no.6

    Performers: Percy Grainger (piano)

    • APR 7501.

  • 10.08: Artists of the Week - The Gewandhaus Orchestra

    • Richard Wagner

      Wesendonck Lieder

      Performers: Hanne-Lore Kuhse (soprano), Gewandhaus Orchestra, V谩clav Neumann (conductor)

      • BERLIN CLASSICS 0013242BC.

  • 10.30: Dame Wendy Hall's Choices

    • George Frideric Handel

      The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon

      Performers: Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

      • ARCHIV 459 688-2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)

    Performers: Radu Lupu (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Andr茅 Previn (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 728-2.

  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

      Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

      • DG 447 400-2聽聽.

  • 11.35:

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K216

      Performers: David Oistrakh (violin and director), Philharmonia Orchestra

      • REGIS RRC 1329.

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  • Thu 21 Jun 2012 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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