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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Niamh Cusack

With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Rachmaninov - Preludes, Op 23; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3; Artists of the Week: Takacs Quartet; Essential Choice: Respighi: The Pines of Rome.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Rachmaninov - Preludes Op. 23 & Morceaux de fantaisie Op. 3, Howard Shelley, HYPERION CDA66081. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Today - Critics' Corner.
10am
Artists of the Week: Tak谩cs Quartet.

10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the actress Niamh Cusack. Niamh originally trained as a professional flautist, performing with the RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra, before pursuing a career in acting. She has played several roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Desdemona in a production of Othello with Ben Kingsley, and opposite Sean Bean in the 1986 production of Romeo and Juliet. She came to the wider public's attention as Dr. Kate Rowan in the popular television drama series Heartbeat. On stage, she appeared in Victoria Benedictsson's The Enchantment at the Royal National Theatre, Andersen's English by Sebastian Barry, and Cause C茅l猫bre by Terence Rattigan at the Old Vic. More recently, at the Royal National Theatre, she played the role of Siobhan in the stage adaptation of Mark Haddon's book The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time, which won a record seven Olivier Awards in 2013.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice:
Respighi
The Pines of Rome
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI

Dvorak
String Quartet, Op. 51
Tak谩cs Quartet
DECCA.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    Miller's Dance (Farruca) - The Three Cornered Hat

    Orchestra: Spanish National Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Fr眉hbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Concertino for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Airs des Incas; Air pour l'adoration du soleil; Air pour les sauvages; Chaconne (Les Indes Galantes)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Duo Sonata, K.303

    Performer: Catherine Mackintosh. Performer: Geoffrey Govier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Variations on the Carnival of Venice

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • CBS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    "Addio, del passato" (La Traviata

    Performer: Cheryl Studer. Performer: Cheryl Studer. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartettsatz, D703

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.1, BWV1046

    Orchestra: European Brandenburg Ensemble. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • AVIE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo finale (Concerto in E flat for 2 pianos, K.365)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Dmitri Shostakovich

    Finale (Symphony No.5)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • RCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Nicolette (Trois Chansons)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.
    • MERIDIAN.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Pines of Rome

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Erik Satie

    Veritables preludes flasques (pour un chien)

    Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in E flat, Op.51

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Critics' Corner

The author was George Bernard Shaw, writing about opera, in 1890.

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