Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Rare Piano Encores performed by Leslie Howard; Artist of the Week: Colin Davis; 20 Great British Works: Holst: The Planets.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Rare Piano Encores, performed by Leslie Howard.
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, Sir Colin Davis
10.30am
This week Sarah?s guest is Maureen Lipman, the celebrated actress of stage and screen, who is also well known for her humorous books and newspaper and magazine columns.
Her many stage triumphs have ranged from singing legend, Florence Foster Jenkins, and the celebrated actress/monologist Joyce Grenfell (Re-Joyce) to Aunt Ella in the National Theatre?s production of Oklahoma! and Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music. Maureen was a member of Laurence Olivier's Royal National Theatre Company at the Old Vic. On screen, Maureen starred in the situation comedy Agony and has appeared in well-loved TV series such as Coronation Street, Casualty, Midsomer Murders, Jonathan Creek, Doctor Who, The Sweeney and Smiley?s People. She plays Irene Spencer in Ladies of Letters. On film her roles have included Tricia in Educating Rita, and the mother of The Pianist in Roman Polanski?s award-winning film of the same name. Her columns have appeared in The Guardian and Good Housekeeping.
11am
20 Great British Works
Holst: The Planets
Boston Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg (conductor).
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Music Played
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Hans Christian Lumbye
Salute to August Bourneville
Performers: Odense Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth (conductor)
- REGIS RRC 1155.
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9.02am
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Robert Schumann
Konzertstuck for 4 horns & orchestra, Op. 86
Performers: Roger Montgomery, Gavin Edwards, Susan Dent, Robert Maskell (horns), Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 457 591-2.
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9.20: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Richard Wagner
Albumblatt "in das Album der F眉rstin Metternich"
Performers: Leslie Howard (piano)
- HYPERION HELIOS CDH55109.
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9.24am
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Salzedo
Suite of Eight Dances: Rumba; Tango; Seguidilla
Performers: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp)
- TELARC CD-80691.
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9.33am
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Foulds
Sicilian Aubade
Performers: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (orchestra)
- DUTTON CDLX7252.
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9.39: Artist of the Week - Colin Davis
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Jean Sibelius
Valse triste (from Kuolema, Op. 44)
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- PENTATONE PTC 5186 164.
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9.49am
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Gioachino Rossini
The Thieving Magpie
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
- EMI 562802-2.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Colin Davis
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in E flat
Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Colin Davis (conductor)
- PENTATONE 5186 126.
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10.30: Maureen Lipman's Choice
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Gershwin orch. Grof茅
Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Leonard Bernstein (piano/director), Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- SONY MASTERWORKS 516 234-2.
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10.55: Maureen Lipman's Choice
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der h枚lle Rache (Die Zauberfl枚te)
Performers: Florence Foster Jenkins (soprano), Cosm茅 McMoon (piano)
- RCA GD61175.
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11.00am
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Gabriel Faur茅
Allegresse in C minor (8 Pieces Breves, Op.84)
Performers: Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano)
- BRILLIANT 93007.
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11.02am: 20 Works celebrating British Music
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Gustav Holst
The Planets
Performers: New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor)
- DG 419 475-2.
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11.50am
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Pandolfi
Violin Sonata, Op.3 No.4 'La Castella'
Performers: Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
- Harmonia Mundi HMC907241.
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