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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Gyles Brandreth

With Sarah Walker. Including My Favourite Viola Pieces; Music in Time: Bruckner: Christus factus est; Artist of the Week: Alfred Brendel in Mozart's Piano Concerto in B flat.

9am
My favourite... viola pieces. Viola player Cecil Aronowitz, who co-founded the Melos Ensemble and was a preferred extra with the Amadeus Quartet, was born one hundred years ago this week. To celebrate his anniversary Sarah chooses a selection of her favourite short pieces for Aronowitz's somewhat overlooked, even mocked, instrument, including works by Rebecca Clarke, Debussy, Strauss and Bach.

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

10am
Sarah's guest is Gyles Brandreth, the once MP and Government whip whose way with words makes him much in demand on television and radio, with appearances on everything from Countdown to Just a Minute. Gyles reminisces about meeting Yehudi Menuhin, and muses on the secrets of happiness and having fun, while choosing music by Liszt, Verdi, Janacek and Handel, every day at 10am.

10:30
Sarah places Music in Time. The spotlight is on Bruckner's Christus Factus Est, a sacred motet that illustrates the Romantic interest in music of the past, and a desire to communicate faith through music.

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the world renowned pianist Alfred Brendel whose performances of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt set the benchmark for interpretations of intelligence and authority. Sarah's outings of his top recordings complement Friday's 91热爆 4 documentary Perfect Pianists, a journey through 60 years of 91热爆 archive that showcases some the greatest names in the history of the piano - including Brendel.

Mozart
Piano Concerto in B flat K595
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Gigue (Sonata No 5 in C minor)

    Performer: Michel Cardin.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Sinfonia in F major, F.67

    Ensemble: Il Convito. Performer: Maude Gratton. Director: Maude Gratton.
    • MIRARE.
  • MY FAVOURITE...VIOLA PIECES

    • Rebecca Clarke

      Morpheus

      Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
      • NAXOS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2

    Orchestrator: Henry Wood. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • LYRITA.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Magische T枚ne, berauschender Duft (Die K枚nigin von Saba)

    Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Heinrich Bender.
    • EMI.
  • Franz Liszt

    La campanella (Grande 茅tudes de Paganini)

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • DECCA.
  • Hector Berlioz

    R锚verie et caprice Op.8

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Alto Giove (Polifemo)

    Singer: Ewa Mallas-Godlewska. Singer: Derek Lee Ragin. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Auvidis.
  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    La R茅mouleuse

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Pancrace Royer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Ambroisie.
    • 9.
  • GYLES BRANDRETH'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita No 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006 (Loure; Gavotte en Rondeau)

      Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.
      • NAXOS.
  • GYLES BRANDRETH'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Johannes Brahms

      Ballade in B, Op.10 No.4

      Performer: Julius Katchen.
      • LONDON.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Dance of the Bumblebee (Spalicek)

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Conifer.
  • MUSIC IN TIME: ROMANTIC

    • Anton Bruckner

      Christus factus est

      Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Les Bras de Mer

    • Astar Artes Recordings.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: ALFRED BRENDEL

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595

      Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
      • PHILIPS.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Salve regina

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Wild Dove, Op 110

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak; Symphonic Poems; Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.
    • 4.

Mystery Person

Answer: Farinelli (Carlo Broschi)

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