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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Ken Loach

With Sarah Walker. My Favourite 18th-Century Overtures; Music in Time: Greensleeves; Netherlands Chamber Choir, featured performing Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle (excerpts).

9am
My favourite... 18th century overtures. Sarah shares a selection of her favourite overtures. These were designed to settle a restive audience and prepare them for an opera, or to open concerts or grand celebrations. Sarah's featured works include operatic overtures by Mozart and his rival Antonio Salieri, as well as instrumental pieces by Josef Myslivecek and by Handel - music that accompanied the firework display in London's Green Park in 1749 marking the end of the War of Austrian Succession.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify a mystery musical object.

10am
Sarah's guest is the celebrated film director Ken Loach. Ken's films include Cathy Come 91热爆, whose powerful message helped to change the law on homelessness when it was first broadcast in 1966, as well as Kes, My Name is Joe and Sweet Sixteen. His work across television and film has won him awards including the BAFTA Fellowship and two Palme d'Ors for his 2006 film The Wind That Shakes The Barley, and for his most recent film, I, Daniel Blake, which tackles unemployment and poverty in Britain today. Ken talks about his directing career and his favourite pieces of classical music throughout the week, including music by Canteloube, Brahms and Haydn, who Ken insists is the best composer to get dressed to in the morning.

10.30am
Power of Three - the next episode in a 70-part daily series of pioneering sounds from the 91热爆 Third Programme and Radio 3 archives presented by David Hendy.

Followed by
Music in Time: Renaissance
Sarah places Music in Time, taking a trip back to the Renaissance period courtesy of the familiar tune 'Greensleeves'. Sarah discovers that the song is actually based on an ancient progression called La Romanesca, and explores its famous connection with King Henry VIII.

11am
Sarah's Artists of the Week are the Netherlands Chamber Choir. Founded in 1937, the Nederlands Kamerkoor has developed a worldwide reputation for its innovative commissions and collaborations, which include world premieres of works by John Tavener, James MacMillan and Harrison Birtwistle. The choir regularly performs with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Orchestra of the 18th Century under Frans Bruggen and The Sch枚nberg Ensemble, and have released a steady stream of award winning recordings. Sarah dips into the choir's archive throughout the week, sharing interpretations of music by the Dutch composer Sweelinck, as well as Rossini, Palestrina and Poulenc, a composer who wrote music especially for the choir.

Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle: Kyrie and Gloria
Mireille Capelle (soprano)
Catherine Patriasz (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Cornwell (tenor)
Jele Draijer (bass)
Wyneke Jordans (piano)
Loe van Doeselaar (harmonium)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Jos van Immerseel (director/piano).

3 hours

Music Played

  • anon.

    Wilson's Wild

    Music Arranger: Michael Praetorius. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • HYPERION.
  • MY FAVOURITE...18th century overtures

    • Josef Myslivecek

      Overture in A major

      Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.
      • Archiv.
  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132

    Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Janet Hilton. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Contredanse (La lyre enchant茅e)

    Performer: Ex Cathedra Choir. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A major Op.46 no.5

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • Maddalena Casulana

    Morir non pu貌 il mio cuore

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Virgin.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo, Op.34

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prelude and Fugue in C, K.394

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Dowland: Musicke for the Lute.
    • Astree.
    • 1.
  • KEN LOACH'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No.7 in A major: II. Allegretto

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
      • EMI.
  • KEN LOACH'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Tommy Makem

      Four Green Fields

      Ensemble: Dublin City Ramblers.
      • DOLPHIN RECORDS.
  • KEN LOACH'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Petrus de Geyter

      Coogan's Funeral: The Internationale

      Music Arranger: George Fenton. Conductor: George Fenton.
      • DEBONAIR.
  • KEN LOACH'S CHOICE NO.4

    • Earl Robinson

      The Ballad of Joe Hill

      Singer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Alan Booth.
      • VANGUARD.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A flat major, Op.7 No.4

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • HYPERION.
  • MUSIC IN TIME: RENAISSANCE

    • anon.

      Greensleeves

      Performer: Jon Banks.
      • THE GIFT OF MUSIC.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1053

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 1.
  • ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: Netherlands Chamber Choir

    • Gioachino Rossini

      Petite Messe Solennelle: Kyrie

      Performer: Wyneke Jordans. Performer: Loe van Doeselaar. Performer: Jos van Immerseel. Singer: Mireille Capelle. Singer: Catherine Patriasz. Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Singer: Jelle Draijer. Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Director: Jos van Immerseel.
      • ACCENT.
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    String Quartet No.5 in E flat major

    Ensemble: Weller Quartet.
    • Decca.

Mystery Object

Answer: the fortepiano

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