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Tuesday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with Nicholas Parsons

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Concert Overtures; Music in Time; Artist of the Week: Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven: Symphony No 6.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... concert overtures'. Throughout the week Sarah explores how composers have created colourful pieces that might tell a dramatic narrative (Beethoven's Egmont), represent humour (Malcolm Arnold's A Grand, Grand Overture), depict the action or characters from Shakespeare's plays, and celebrate a historical anniversary.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Rob talks to his guest, Nicholas Parsons. Actor, cabaret performer, stand-up comedian, panel show host and quizmaster, Nicholas has had a long and varied career in show business since he first started working in repertory theatre in the 1940s. He became a household name in the 1970s as the host of game show Sale of the Century, but is perhaps best known as the chairman of 91热爆 Radio 4's Just a Minute. Nicholas has chaired the hit comedy panel game since its inception in 1967 and hasn't missed a show in 48 years and over 900 performances. Nicholas will be talking about the seven decades he has spent working in radio, theatre and television, and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am NEW: Music in Time
Sarah places Music in Time, putting the spotlight on the Baroque. Sarah chooses two particular Preludes and Fugues by J.S Bach, illustrating how tuning in the 18th century affected the colour of keyboard music.

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is one of the most charismatic conductors of the 20th century, and one of the first American-born conductors to gain worldwide recognition. Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein's prodigious talent as a pianist coupled with lessons from composer Aaron Copland and conductor Fritz Reiner catapulted him into the limelight in the years following the Second World War. His Young People's Concerts for CBS were particularly influential in drawing people to classical music, and his work with the New York Philharmonic and other orchestras led to an international career. He performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in 1989 as part of the celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Throughout the week Sarah features a selection of Bernstein's glittering recordings.

Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 'Pastoral'
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade 'Walking the Dog'

    Music Arranger: Michael Tilson Thomas. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • CBS.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Performer: Christopher O'Neal. Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • DEUX-ELLES.
  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...CONCERT OVERTURES

    • Malcolm Arnold

      A Grand, Grand Overture, Op 57

      Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
      • EMI.
  • Georgs Pel膿cis

    Flowering Jasmine

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica. Director: Gidon Kremer.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Ignaz Moscheles

    Concertante in F major for flute, oboe and orchestra

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Director: Charles Bruffy.
    • CHANDOS.
  • NICHOLAS PARSONS' CHOICE NO.1

    • George Gershwin

      Introduction; Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

      Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Choir: RCA Victor Choir. Conductor: Skitch Henderson.
      • RCA.
  • NICHOLAS PARSONS' CHOICE NO.2

    • Stephen Sondheim

      Into the Woods: "Children will listen"

      Performer: Barbra Streisand. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
  • NICHOLAS PARSONS' CHOICE NO.3

    • Leonard Bernstein

      'Maria' (West Side Story)

      Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Red Mitchell. Performer: Shelly Manne.
      • INTENSE MEDIA.
  • Arthur Benjamin

    Jamaican Rumba

    Performer: Larry Adler. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Robinson.
    • HMV.
  • MUSIC IN TIME: BAROQUE

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV846 (WTC Book 1)

      Performer: Richard Egarr.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor, BWV859 (WTC Book 1)

    Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Salve Regina in C minor

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: LEONARD BERNSTEIN

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No.6, Op.68

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
      • DG.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge: Bredon Hill & Clun (concluding two songs from the cycle)

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Ensemble: Duke Quartet.
    • NAXOS.

Mapping the Music

Answer: Antarctica

The music played:

Vaughan Williams
Scott of the Antarctic: Main Titles; Ice Floes聽
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
91热爆 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS

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