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Monday - Sarah Walker with Richard Bacon

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Imogen Holst conducts Gustav Holst; Artists of the Week; 15 Georgian Pleasures: Handel: Dove sei, amato bene? (Rodelinda).

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Imogen Holst conducts Gustav Holst, English Chamber Orchestra: LYRITA SRCD223. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artists of the Week: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.

10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the charismatic and versatile radio and television presenter, Richard Bacon. After a spell on Blue Peter, he went on to co-present Channel 4's Big Breakfast. He has also presented Top of the Pops, and has guest-presented The Wright Stuff and This Morning, as well as radio drive-time shows on Xfm and Capital FM. He currently hosts the mid-afternoon slot on Radio 5 Live, and the ITV daytime game show, Show Me the Telly.

Richard admits to being a novice when it comes to classical music, but is eager to discover more about it. So, he's asking listeners from Radio 5Live and Radio 3 to suggest works that would help him on his musical journey.

11am
18th Century Season: 15 Georgian Pleasures. A new series where Suzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about significant pieces from the time
Handel
Rodelinda: "Dove sei, amato bene?"
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone (director)

Haydn
Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • Sony.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in D major, H.16.51

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gustav Holst

    Capriccio for Orchestra

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • Lyrita.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Capriccio no.1 in D

    Orchestra: Camerata Bern. Director: Alexander van Wijnkoop.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Ives

    Putnam's Camp, from Three Places in New England

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    'Vorrei spiegarvi, Oh Dio!', K418

    Singer: Cyndia Sieden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Glossa.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    脡tude-tableau in A minor, Op 39 No 2

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.
  • Eric Coates

    London Suite: I. Covent Garden (Tarantelle)

    Orchestra: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A, K622

    Performer: Eric Hoeprich. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Philips.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 'Classical:' Finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Walter Weller.
    • Brilliant.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Miserere nostri

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92: 3rd movement

    Orchestra: La Chambre Philharmonique. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Naive.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    'La Bourbonnaise', from 1st Book of Harpsichord Pieces

    Performer: Olivier Beaumont, harpsichord.
    • WARNER.
  • George Frideric Handel

    'Dove sei, amato bene?', from Rodelinda

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (Bertarido - countertenor). Performer: Accademia Bizantina. Performer: Ottavio Dantone (director).
    • DECCA.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no 101 in D ('The Clock')

    Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor).
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    4 Etudes, op.4

    Performer: Cedric Tiberghien (piano).
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

Today's Brainteaser Answer: Place that Piece

Putnam's Camp in Reading, Connecticut

from Charles Ives'听 "Three Places in New England"

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