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Friday - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; Artist of the Week: conductor Stephen Cleobury; Sarah's Essential Choice: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'. Throughout the week Rob and Sarah dip into this remarkable collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, showcasing works by composers including Byrd, Bull and Gibbons.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you tell which piece of music is being played backwards?

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the writer and director Declan Donnellan. Since co-founding his own theatre company in 1981, Declan has become well-known as a Shakespearean director as well as winning accolades for his interpretations of works ranging from plays by Chekhov and Pushkin to Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Declan will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Stephen Cleobury. Director of the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cleobury has worked with leading orchestras and soloists including the Academy of Ancient Music and the Philharmonia. Sarah will be exploring his interpretations of works by composers including Brahms, Harvey, Mozart, Stanford and Tallis.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lob des hohen Verstandes (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    Barafostus' Dreame

    Performer: Carole Cerasi.
    • METRONOME.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Marche fun猫bre

    Orchestra: Corydon Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • HYPERION.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Organ Sonata in B flat, Wq 70/2

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • ARGO.
  • ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN

    'If I Loved You' from Carousel (original New York cast)

    Conductor: Joseph Littau. Singer: Jan Clayton. Singer: John Raitt. Orchestra: The Carousel Orchestra.
    • MCA CLASSICS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Ballet and Final Tableau)

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • NAXOS.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    3 Motets, Op.38: Justorum animae; Beati quorum via; Coelos ascendit hodie

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.
  • Herbert Howells

    Take him, earth, for cherishing

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • ARGO.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on the theme from Bach "Goldberg variations"

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (Der Einsame im Herbst)

    Singer: Violeta Urmana. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

Recording rewind

The music played:

Tallis
Spem in alium
Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips (conductor)
GIMELL

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