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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love Grieg Lyric Pieces; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI; Essential Choice: Dvorak: The Water Goblin.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Grieg lyric pieces'. Throughout the week Sarah offers a selection of piano pieces from Edvard Grieg's 10-book collection of 'Lyric Pieces' - examples of the short, characterful pieces which were very much in fashion during the late 19th century, especially in Scandinavia where Grieg was regarded as the master of the genre.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the world-renowned chef and presenter Michel Roux Jr. Michel will be sharing his passion for classical music with Sarah every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week Sarah explores Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music as seen through the eyes of Jordi Savall and his band Hesperion XX - XXI. Their spirited and enchanting performances of music by unfamiliar composers have cast new light on pieces which would otherwise have been lost to us. Sarah discovers anew the joy of hearing Jordi Savall's work.

11am
Essential Choice - this week Sarah explores pieces connected to the supernatural

Dvorak
The Water Goblin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: JORDI SAVALL

    • Anonymous

      Tom Brigg's

      Performer: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIA VOX.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Inganno Felice (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E minor H.XVI No.34

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude (from Five Duets for 2 violins and piano)

    Music Arranger: Ian Belton. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.
  • Sayat-Nova

    Kani vur djan im (love song)

    Performer: Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian. Performer: Vivabiancaluna Biffi. Performer: David Mayoral.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Symphony in C ‘Sinfonia comista’ (Bryan C11)

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln.
    • TELDEC.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No.11 in A minor

    Performer: Georges Cziffra.
    • EMI.
  • MICHEL ROUX'S CHOICE NO. 1

    • Stanley Myers

      Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)

      Performer: John Williams.
  • MICHEL ROUX'S CHOICE NO. 2

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 5: Movement II

      Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
      • DG.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: JORDI SAVALL

    • John Playford

      Faronell's Division

      Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIA VOX.
  • Gabriela Montero

    'Continuum'

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op. 56a

    Conductor: Michael Gielen. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg.
    • Hanssler.
  • Essential Choice

    • Antonín Dvořák

      The Water Goblin

      Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
      • TELDEC.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for piano no. 15 (Op.28) in D major "Pastoral", [complete]

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp.7 & 28 "Pastoral" & 49 No.2: Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 5-8.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: JORDI SAVALL

    • Henry Purcell

      Sonata no.6 in two parts, Z.807

      Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
      • ALIA VOX.

Mystery Person

The answer: Georges Cziffra

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  • Tue 28 Apr 2015 09:00

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