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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Niamh Cusack

With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Rachmaninov - Preludes, Op 23; Morceaux de fantaisie; Artist of the Week: Takacs Quartet; Essential Choice: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.

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 - Endings.
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:
Mussorgsky arr. Wallace
Pictures at an Exhibition
The Wallace Collection
John Wallace (conductor)
COLLINS.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Toccata (Orfeo)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3 No.2

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances, Op.35

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • DG.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dara la notte il sol lume alla terra

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • CBS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in E minor, RV484

    Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Orchestra: I Musici. Director: Shizuko Noiri.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado - overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op.59 No.3

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Finale (Piano Trio in B major, Op.8)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Performer: Augustin Dumay. Performer: Jian Wang.
    • DG.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (conclusion)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Contradanse (Zorastre)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CCL.
  • Henry Purcell

    O dive custos, Z504

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Director: Lionel Meunier.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Performer: Wallace Collection. Director: John Wallace.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4 No.1

    Performer: Herbert Tachezi. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Endings

The composer of the three endings played was Beethoven. The first ending was from his 5th Symphony; the second was from the 'Moonlight' Sonata; and the third was from his Egmont Overture.

The music played:

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 鈥 Finale
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)
RCA 8869733 8352听

Beethoven
Sonata in C Sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 鈥楳oonlight鈥 - Finale
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 425 838 2听听听

Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 433 867 2听

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