Monday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with Philippa Gregory
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Grieg Songs; Musical challenge; Proms Artist of the Week: flute player Emily Beynon, featured in Mozart's Flute Concerto No 1.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Grieg songs.' Sarah dips into Grieg's collection of songs and showcases his best lyrical offerings. Throughout the week she explores their melodic beauty, rustic atmosphere and deep connection to nature.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?
10am
Throughout the week Rob talks to the historian and writer Philippa Gregory. Philippa is an international best-selling author who shot to fame with her award-winning novel The Other Boleyn Girl, which was turned into a major Hollywood film. Her novels tell the stories of the figures behind the events that have shaped the course of history, with settings ranging from the Tudor court to 18th-century Bristol at the height of the slave trade. Her series of books on the Wars of the Roses was adapted into the popular 91热爆 series The White Queen. Philippa will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
Sarah's featured Proms Artist of the Week is the Welsh flautist Emily Beynon. Beynon is one of the leading flautists of her generation and will perform Nielsen's Flute Concerto at the 91热爆 Proms this week. Sarah explores Beynon's recordings throughout the week, showcasing works ranging from classics of the flute repertoire including Mozart's Flute Concerto No.1, K.313 and the Poulenc Sonata, to less well-known gems such as Bax's Sonata for flute and harp and Amy Beach's Theme and Variations.
Mozart
Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313
Emily Beynon (flute)
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.
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Music Played
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Edvard Grieg
Nordic Melody, Op 63 No 2, 'Country Dance'
Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Swedish Rhapsody No 1, 'Midsummer Vigil'
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- EMI.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE...GRIEG SONGS
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Edvard Grieg
Killingdans (Haugtussa Op.67)
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in D minor, RV407
Performer: Roel Dieltiens. Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations. Director: Roel Dieltiens.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in C minor, B108
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- HMV.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy, Op.25
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: James Levine.- DG.
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PHILIPPA GREGORY'S CHOICE NO.1
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Act 2 (Spanish Dance; Neapolitan Dance; Hungarian Dance; Mazurka)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- DECCA.
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PHILIPPA GREGORY'S CHOICE NO.2
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
III. March fun猫bre: Lento (Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35)
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- SONY.
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PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: EMILY BEYNON
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Concerto No.1 in G, K.313
Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.- PENTATONE.
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Felix Mendelssohn
No.4. Andante sostenuto in D major (Lieder ohne Worte - Book 7, Op.85)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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By Association
Answer: Bizet and Sarasate
The music played:
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Carmen Fantasy, Op.25
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Vienna Philharmonic
James Levine (conductor)聽
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