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Monday - Sarah Walker with Adrian Lester

With Sarah Walker. Including My Favourite Debussy Preludes; Telemann: Viola Concerto in G; Artist of the Week: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, featured in Beethoven's Symphony No 5.

9am
My favourite... Debussy Preludes. Sarah chooses five of her favourite preludes from Debussy's landmark collection of piano pieces, which brought a new perspective to the popular 19th century character piece. His pictorial subjects range from footprints in the snow and a submerged cathedral rising from the waves, to an ancient Egyptian jar, and an effervescent display of fireworks.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
In the week leading up to Radio 3's celebrations of Shakespeare's life, Sarah's guest is the actor Adrian Lester. Adrian has taken on Shakespearean roles ranging from Rosalind in an all-male production of As You Like It to a critically acclaimed Hamlet, and won an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance of Othello. Adrian also recently starred in the West End play Red Velvet, about the first black actor to play Othello on a London stage, back in 1833. Adrian's television roles include conman Mickey in the long-running series Hustle and the assassin Myror in Merlin, and he is currently starring in the 91热爆 political thriller Undercover. Adrian will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including Byrd's Mass for Three Voices, which takes him back to his days as a chorister, and Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which he performed.

10:30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Sarah places Music in Time as she travels back to the Baroque period to explore the way solo instrumental lines began to take on qualities found in melodies written for singers, as heard in Telemann's Concerto for viola and strings in G major.

11am
Sarah's artist of the week is Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the most influential conductors of the 20th century. Originally a orchestral cellist, Harnoncourt brought a new level of musical scholarship and historical sensibility to performances of works by composers such as Monteverdi, Bach, Beethoven and Dvorak, working with ensembles such as Concentus Musicus of Vienna (which he founded in the early 1950s), the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    11 Bagatelles Op.119 (no.7 in C major)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Soir de fete, Op.32

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • MY FAVOURITE...DEBUSSY PRELUDES

    • Claude Debussy

      'Des pas sur la neige' (Preludes, Book 1 No.6)

      Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
      • Debussy: Preludes/Children's Corner: Ogawa.
      • BIS.
      • 6.
  • Trad.

    Adio kerida (Farewell, my beloved)

    Music Arranger: Jeannette Sorrell. Singer: Karim Sulayman. Performer: Karina Schmitz. Singer: Nell Snaidas. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Six Characteristic Pieces, Op.1: No.6 In Desperation

    Performer: Jan Novotn媒.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 1

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Thomas Tallis

      O nata lux de lumine

      Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
      • HYPERION.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Antonio Lotti

      Crucifixus a 8

      Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: Joseph Cullen. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
      • HYPERION.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Credo (Missa Brevis in B flat major, K.275)

      Singer: Eva Mei. Singer: Elisabeth von Magnus. Singer: Kurt Azesberger. Singer: Gilles Cachemaille. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
      • TELDEC.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Nocturne for piano, Op.37

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.
  • MUSIC IN TIME: BAROQUE

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Viola Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G9

      Performer: Lars Anders Tomter. Ensemble: 1B1.
      • SIMAX.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Performer: Dame Thea King. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Shepherd's Air (Intermedes for George Dandin)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67

      Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
      • TELDEC.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Janacek/ Wolf: String Quartets: Hagen Quartet.
    • Newton.
    • 9.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Taras Bulba

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos: CHSA 5156.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    The Shoemaker's Capricious Patron

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

Mapping the Music

Answer: the Fens聽

The music played:

Vaughan Williams
In the Fen Country
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHANDOS

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