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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Adrian Lester

With Sarah Walker. Includes My Favourite Debussy Preludes; Music in Time: Telemann: Viola Concerto; Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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: identify a piece of music played backwards.

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: Modern
Sarah places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Modern period and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, which presents the orchestra and voices on an equal footing.

11am
Sarah's artist of the week is Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the most influential conductors of the 20th century. Originally an 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.

Bach
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV208
Angela Maria Blasi (soprano)
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Kurt Equiluz (tenor)
Robert Holl (bass)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks, Op 4

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • SONY.
  • MY FAVOURITE...DEBUSSY PRELUDES

    • Claude Debussy

      Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

      Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
      • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major for oboe and bassoon, RV545

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro, Op 70

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Spanish Dance, Op.12 No.3

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ata煤lfo Argenta.
    • Decca.
  • Norman Hallam

    Dance Suite

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • Royal Classics.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Johann Strauss II

      Die Fledermaus (Overture)

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
      • DECCA.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Stephen Sondheim

      The little things you do together (Company)

      Singer: Sheila Gish. Orchestra: Band. Conductor: Gareth Valentine.
      • FIRST NIGHT.
  • ADRIAN LESTER'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Stephen Sondheim

      鈥楳y Friends鈥 / 鈥楤allad of Sweeney Todd鈥 (Sweeney Todd)

      Singer: Michael Ball. Singer: Imelda Staunton.
      • FIRST NIGHT.
  • MUSIC IN TIME: MODERN

    • Igor Stravinsky

      I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine (Symphony of Psalms)

      Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Simon Preston.
      • DECCA.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    In ecclesiis 脿 14

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • 1612 Italian Vespers: I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • DG.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! 鈥楬unt Cantata鈥, BWV208

      Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Singer: Angela Maria Blasi. Singer: Kurt Equiluz. Singer: Robert Holl. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
      • TELDEC.
  • Percy Grainger

    Hill-Song No 1

    Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • AUABC.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes, Op 17

    Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Performer: G茅rard Wyss.
    • Mendelssohn: Music For Cello And Piano: Meneses, Wyss.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

Recording Rewind

The music played:

Dukas
The Sorcerer鈥檚 Apprentice
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
ROYAL CLASSICS

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