Friday - Sarah Walker with Hugh Bonneville
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Concerti Grossi; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Stephen Layton, featured conducting Part's Berliner Messe.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... concerti grossi'. Sarah explores this characteristic sound world of the baroque period, showcasing works by composers such as Handel and Corelli (the first person to actually publish a work called 'concerto grosso') and looking at the influence of the form on 20th-century composers including Vaughan Williams.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Two pieces of music have been altered. Can you identify them?
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the stage and screen actor Hugh Bonnevillle. Hugh is a familiar face to television audiences having taken leading roles in the award-winning Downton Abbey and the comedy series Twenty Twelve and W1A, as well as enjoying success on the big screen with recent films including Paddington and The Monuments Men. Hugh will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Sarah every day at 10am.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the conductor Stephen Layton. Layton is regarded as one of world's finest interpreters of choral music and has won accolades for his direction of choirs including Polyphony, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Holst Singers. Layton is also a champion of new music and throughout the week Sarah features his recordings of works by composers ranging from Bruckner and Handel to MacMillan and ±Êä°ù³Ù.
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Berliner Messe
Polyphony
Andrew Lucas (organ)
Stephen Layton (conductor).
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Music Played
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Paride ed Elena (Act 1: Ballo No 3)
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- ARCHIV.
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Muzio Clementi
Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 23 No 1
Performer: Howard Shelley.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- LINN.
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Jacques Ibert
3 Pièces Brèves
Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.- CHANDOS.
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Randall Thompson
Alleluia
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture
Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.- ONYX.
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Damian Montagu
In a South Downs Way (England Green)
Performer: Stewart Prosser. Performer: Robert Sword. Ensemble: The Tippett Quartet.- Self Release.
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- TELDEC.
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Claude Debussy
Sarabande (Pour le piano)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS.
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Johann David Heinichen
Concerto per l'orchestra di Dresda (S.233) in F major [2 hn, 2 fl & orch]
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 (H.1.104) in D major "London"
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra.- Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
- Philips.
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Berliner Messe
Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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David Briggs
Trinity College Service
Performer: David Briggs. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge.- HYPERION.
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Gioachino Rossini
Serenata in E flat major
Orchestra: Members of the Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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William Walton
The Twelve
Performer: James Vivian. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)Â
Malcolm Martineau (piano)Â
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Broadcast
- Fri 12 Jun 2015 09:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3