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Wednesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Smorgasbord - Mats Lidstrom (cello) and Bengt Forsberg (piano); Sarah's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ein Heldenleben.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Sm枚rg氓sbord - Mats Lidstr枚m (cello) and Bengt Forsberg (piano), HYPERION CDA67184

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Artur Pizarro

10.30am
This week marks the 125th anniversary of the publication of A Study in Scarlet, the very first Sherlock Holmes story, and Sarah Walker's guest is novelist and screenwriter, Anthony Horowitz, who was recently commissioned by the Conan Doyle Estate and Orion Books to write a new Sherlock Holmes novel: The House of Silk (2011).

Anthony has written over 35 books for both adults and children, including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which he adapted into a movie that was released worldwide in 2006. The series is estimated to have sold 13 million copies worldwide. He is also responsible for creating and writing some of the UK's most beloved and successful television series, including Midsomer Murders (for which he produced the first seven episodes), and the award-winning drama series Foyle's War.

His stage thriller, Mindgame, premiered in Broadway in 2011. Anthony is currently working with Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, writing the sequel to the Tintin film, and is also working on a screenplay for Warner Brothers.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Wed 12 Dec 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    March in B flat, WoO29

    Performers: Melos Ensemble

    • EMI 918514-2.
  • 9.02am

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail: Overture

      Performers: Sarband (director: Vlaidmir Ivanoff), Concerto K枚ln (director: Werner Ehrhardt)

      • ARCHIV 474 992-2.
  • 9.07: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week

    • Halffter arr. Gendron

      Habanera

      Performers: Mats Lidstr枚m (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

      • HYPERION CDA67184.
  • 9.11am

    • Joseph Haydn

      String Quartet in D major, Op. 64 No. 5 'The Lark'

      Performers: Jerusalem Quartet

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901823.
  • 9.34am

    • Edward Elgar

      Chanson de matin, Op.15 no.2

      Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

      • BELART 461 354-2.
  • 9.40am

    • Bach orch. Schoenberg

      Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, 'St Anne', BWV 552

      Performers: CBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft (conductor)

      • SONY CLASICAL 82876 78746-2.
  • 9.57am

    • Franz von Supp猫

      Light Cavalry Overture

      Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

      • DG 415 377-2.
  • 10.04am: Artist of the Week - Artur Pizarro

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Preludes Op. 34 Nos. 15, 16 & 19

      Performers: Artur Pizarro (piano)

      • COLLINS CLASSICS 14962.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Berceuse de printemps; Bagatela [Bagatelle]

    Performers: Artur Pizarro (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.557272.
  • 10.11am

    • Gerald Finzi

      Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18

      Performers: Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

      • DG 445 946-2.
  • 10.30: Anthony Horowitz's Choice

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

      Performers: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

      • SONY CLASSICAL SMK 47 632.
  • 10.54am

    • Beach

      Romanze for violin and piano (1898)

      Performers: Paul Barritt (violin), James Lisney (piano) of the Romantic Chamber Group of London

      • BIS CD 1245.
  • 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Richard Strauss

      Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

      Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

      • DG 415 508-2.
  • 11.48am

    • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Stabat Mater

      Performers: Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (conductor)

      • PORTRAIT CLASSICS PCL1202.

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  • Wed 12 Dec 2012 09:00

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