Thursday - Sarah Walker with John Humphrys
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Beethoven's Bagatelles, featuring Steven Osborne; Artist of the Week: Pierre Boulez; Essential Choice: Strauss: Suite (Le bourgeois gentilhomme).
Sarah Walker with her guest, journalist and broadcaster John Humphrys.
9am
A selection of music including Sarah's Essential CD of the Week: Beethoven's Bagatelles performed by Scottish pianist Steven Osborne.
9.30am
Who is the Mystery Composer?
Take part in today's music-related challenge and identify the mystery composer.
Artist of the Week: Pierre Boulez
Throughout the week we explore recordings of the influential French composer and conductor. Sarah showcases his interpretations of 20th-century masters Ravel, Stravinsky, Liszt and Debussy.
10.30am
Sarah is joined by John Humphrys, who shares a selection of his favourite classical music. Currently presenter of 91热爆 Two's Mastermind and 91热爆 Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme Today, John is known as a tenacious and forthright interviewer. He talks to Sarah about his award-winning career as a journalist and broadcaster as well as the role classical music has played in his life.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Strauss
Le bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, Op.60
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor).
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Music Played
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem, Op. 48: 3. Sanctus
Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Michel Legrand. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- TELDEC.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in E flat major, Op.33 No.1; Bagatelle in E flat major, Op.126 No.6
Performer: Steven Osborne.- HYPERION.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal: Prelude, Act 1
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.- DG.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana
Conductor: Paul Paray. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.- MERCURY.
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Richard Strauss
Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.- ASV.
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Claude Debussy
Nocturnes
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: The John Alldis Choir.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.- Royal Classics.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Carnival Overture
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.- SUPRAPHON.
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Hugo Wolf
Der Gartner
Singer: Stephan Genz. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- HYPERION.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C minor Hob. 26 No. 20: Andante con moto
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Ola Gjeilo
Northern Lights
Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Director: Charles Bruffy.- CHANDOS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude No. 1 in C, No. 5 in G, No. 10 in B minor and No. 6 in F minor
Performer: Santiago Rodriguez.- ELAN.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Pha毛ton, Op 39
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
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Joseph Martin Kraus
Danza di Elmira
Ensemble: Sarband. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Vladimir Ivanoff. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.- ARCHIV.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for lute, strings and continuo in D major, RV93
Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman. Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Director: Peter Holman.- HYPERION.
Musical Challenge - Mystery Composer
Answer:
The mystery composer was Hugo Wolf
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