Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Mark Damazer
With Sarah Walker. Including Essetnial CD of the Week: Weber Overtures; Brainteaser; Artist of the Week: The Nash Ensemble; Sarah's Essential Choice: Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op 39.
with Sarah Walker and her guest, Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, Mark Damazer.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Weber: Overtures - Berlin Philharmonic, Karajan, DG. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artist of the Week: Nash Ensemble
10.30am
In the week marking the 800th anniversary of the formal creation of the role of Chancellor of Oxford University, Sarah's guest is Mark Damazer CBE, Master of St Peter's College, Oxford, and former controller of 91热爆 Radio 4 and Radio 7.
Previous to these posts, Mark had an extensive career in news and current affairs journalism working at ITN and at the 91热爆 - in the World Service and on news programme such as Newsnight and the Nine O'Clock News. Later he was responsible for the 91热爆's news and current affairs journalism from Westminster, including Question Time, and Yesterday in Parliament, becoming Deputy Director of 91热爆 News in 2001. He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting.
Mark is a Board Member of the V&A, and of the Centre of Contemporary British History. He currently writes columns for The London Evening Standard and The Guardian.
Mark suffers the misfortunes of Tottenham Hotspur and enjoys opera, gardening and Italian painting.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Dvorak
Czech Suite, Op.39
Prague Chamber Orchestra.
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Malcolm Arnold
Tam O'Shanter - overture Op.51
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.- Chandos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Galop marquis for piano
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Vovka Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 17.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op.57 'Appassionata': 1st movement
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Clarinet Trio in B flat major, Op 11
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Virgin.
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Arthur Benjamin
Oboe Concerto in C minor
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: I Musici.- Holliger: Holliger Edition.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 4-7.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to 鈥楧er Freischutz鈥�
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
"All we like sheep [have gone astray]" (Messiah, Part II)
Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in A flat major, Op 25 No 1
Performer: Louis Lortie.- Chandos.
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Performer: Nelson Freire.- Decca.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Czech Suite, Op 39
Performer: Old艡ich Vl膷ek. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra.- Supraphon.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Erato.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno.- Decca.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Pygmalion (Overture)
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.- Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major, D 760, 'Wanderer'
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
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Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano, Op.70
Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Ian Brown.- Hyperion.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Puzzle
Which location is the furthest from Billingsgate Fish Market? Uranus, which is some 1.79 billion miles from anywhere on Earth.
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The music played:
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Holst
Uranus (The Planets)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 444 549 2
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Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge (A Shropshire Lad)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI CDC 556762 2
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Borodin
The Steppes of Central Asia
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
EMI 723348 2
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