Thursday - Sarah Walker with Victoria Wood
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Bach at Christmas; Musical Challenge: Recording Rewind; pianist Martha Argerich; Sarah's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Octet.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Her guest is the comedian, actress, writer and director Victoria Wood.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Bach at Christmas.' Sarah showcases choruses and arias from works composed by Bach especially for performance at Christmas, including Part II of the Christmas Oratorio and the opening chorus of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, first performed by Bach in Leipzig on Christmas Day, 1724.
9.30am
Musical challenge: Recording Rewind
10am
Sarah's guest, sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am, is one of the UK's best-loved writers and performers: the comedian and actress Victoria Wood. She also talks about the new musical TV adaptation of her stage play That Day We Sang, which will premiere on 91热爆 Two over Christmas.
10.30am
This week's featured artist is the acclaimed Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich. Renowned for her individual virtuosity, Argerich is also known for her love of ensemble playing. Sarah showcases Argerich's solo recordings including works by Brahms, Ravel and Chopin and explores her collaborations with other musicians, highlighting Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata with cellist Mischa Maisky and Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals. As a festive treat, we'll also hear a playful two-piano arrangement of the Nutcracker Suite.
11am
Essential Choice
Mendelssohn
Octet
Ensemble Explorations.
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.- SIGNUM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV91
Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Singer: Robin Blaze. Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Besancon carol tune arr. Shaw
Shepherds shake off your drowsy sleep
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. -
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Alexander Borodin
In the Steppes of Central Asia
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.- EMI.
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Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Performer: Martha Argerich.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Edward Elgar
Harmony Music no.1
Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Strauss II
Kaiser-Walzer, Op.437
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite from Almira
Music Arranger: Peter Holman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.- HYPERION.
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Jacqueline Burley
Can it be true?
Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 91热爆 Singers. Conductor: David Hill. Lyricist: Susan Hill. -
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Shepherds Pipe Carol
Performer: Jeremy Blandford. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: Clare College Singers. Music Arranger: John Rutter. Orchestra: Clare College Orchestra.- EMI.
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Hans Christian Lumbye
Champagne Galop
Conductor: Peter Guth. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester.- REGIS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Francis Poulenc
Quem vidistis pastores
Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. -
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- ONDINE.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus: overture
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
Recording Rewind
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