Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love British Film Music; Find the Fourth; Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby; Sarah's Essential Choice: Verdi: String Quartet in E minor.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.
9.30am
Find the fourth. Take part in our daily musical challenge: spot the theme linking three pieces of music and identify the missing fourth.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.
10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Amadeus Quartet.
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Music Played
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Fanfarinette (Suite La Triomphante)
Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.- MDG.
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Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Choir: Beecham Choral Society. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- EMI.
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Shvedov
The Cherubic Hymn
Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton. -
5 Reasons to Love...British film music
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Scott of the Antartic
Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- CHANDOS.
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Francis Poulenc
Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone
Performer: John Wilbraham. Performer: John Iveson. Performer: Alan Civil.- EMI.
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Thomas Arne
Rise, Glory, rise (Rosamond)
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- DECCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rage on a Lost Penny (Rondo a capriccio in G, Op.129)
Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸.- NAXOS.
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Leanne Benjamin's Choice No. 1
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Sergey Prokofiev
Juliet鈥檚 funeral and death (Romeo and Juliet)
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Artist of the week: Emma Kirkby
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Premi猫re Le莽on de T茅n猫bres pour le Mercredy Saint
Performer: Charles Medlam. Performer: Terence Charlston. Singer: Emma Kirkby.- BIS.
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Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI.
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Essential Choice
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Giuseppe Verdi
String Quartet in E minor
Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.- DG.
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Ernest Chausson
Symphony in B flat
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.- RCA.
Find the Fourth
The music played:
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor: 1st mvt
Vienna Philharmonic
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
DG
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor: 2nd mvt
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
PHILIPS
Mahler
Symphony No. 10: Adagio
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI
听
The answer:
The theme was pound notes and the missing fourth was 拢50
Broadcast
- Wed 14 Jan 2015 09:0091热爆 Radio 3