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Thursday - Sarah Walker with Sarah Perry

With Sarah Walker. Musical challenge; Music in Time: Bach and Abel; Double Take: Debussy's Syrinx; Artist of the Week: violinist Tasmin Little, featured in Part's Fratres.

9am
Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: trace the classical theme behind a track from the world of pop music.鈥�

10am
Sarah's guest in the week of International Women's Day is the author, academic and journalist Sarah Perry. Sarah was born into a deeply religious household and spent her early life immersed in classical music, classic literature and the King James Bible. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway which she completed under the supervision of Andrew Motion, and she's been a writer in residence at Gladstone's Library in Wales. Her travel writing about the Philippines earned her a Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize, her debut novel was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and her second, The Essex Serpent was named Waterstones Book of the Year. As well as discussing her writing and her life, Sarah shares some of her favourite classical music.

10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Today Sarah's in the Baroque period highlighting the composers who wrote for the viola da gamba, which by then was being superseded by more versatile string instruments. Sarah's chosen one of JS Bach's viola da gamba sonatas and music by Carl Friedrich Abel.

Double Take
Sarah explores the nature of performance by highlighting the differences in style between two interpretations of Debussy's solo flute piece Syrinx, with contrasting recordings by Juliette Hurel and James Galway.

11am
Artist of the Week: Tasmin Little
Sarah's featured artist is the English violinist Tasmin Little. After studying at the Yehudi Menuhin School and reaching the final of 91热爆 Young Musician of the Year, Tasmin made her professional debut with the Hall茅. Since then she's been a major exponent of British music, recording concertos by Ernest Moeran, Frederick Delius and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending has become something of a signature piece. As well as featuring Tasmin's interpretations of British music, Sarah's chosen a sonata by Schubert, Arvo 笔盲谤迟's Fratres and a recent work by Roxanna Panufnik, written especially for Tasmin.

笔盲谤迟
Fratres
Tasmin Little (violin)
Martin Roscoe (piano).

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Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Salon Polka in F sharp major, Op.7 No.1

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • TELDEC.

  • Nicolaus Bruhns

    Praeludium in E minor 'Little'

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major Wq.183`1

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Julian Philips

    Church Music

    Performer: Luke Bond. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Director: Chris Gray.
    • REGENT.

  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonia a 5 no.5

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op.167

    Performer: Gervaise de Peyer. Performer: Gwenneth Pryor.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Sarry Perry's Choice no.1

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      Song to the Moon (Rusakla, Op.114)

      Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
      • DECCA.

  • Sarry Perry's Choice no.2

    • Bedrich Smetana

      M谩 Vlast: Vltava

      Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.
      • SUPRAPHON.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: BAROQUE

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Viola da Gamba Sonata No.1 in G major, BWV1027

      Performer: Jaap ter Linden. Performer: Richard Egarr.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.

    • Carl Friedrich Abel

      Interludium in D major

      Performer: Hille Perl.
      • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Prelude in F minor

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • DOUBLE TAKE

    • Claude Debussy

      Syrinx

      Performer: James Galway.
      • RCA.

    • Claude Debussy

      Syrinx

      Performer: Juliette Hurel.
      • NAIVE.

  • Artist of the Week: Tasmin Little

    • Arvo 笔盲谤迟

      Fratres

      Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
      • EMI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.4 in E minor

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.

  • Oliver Tarney

    A Prayer of St Richard of Chichester

    Choir: Sansara. Conductor: Benjamin Cunningham.
    • CONVIVIUM.

Classical Roots

Answer: The song 'Cans and Brahms' by the聽band聽Yes is based on the 3rd movement of Brahms' Symphony No.4

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  • Thu 9 Mar 2017 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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