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ON NOW : Afternoon on 3
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Episode 1

Afternoon on 3 With Louise Fryer. BBC SSO under Donald Runnicles in Golijov, Mozart, Bruckner, Debussy.

ON NEXT : 16:30 In Tune

Tuesday - Sarah Walker

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Duration: 3 hours

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Janine Jansen playing a selection of romantic violin showpieces: DECCA 4750112.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, conductor Sir David Willcocks in music by Tallis (Spem in Alium) and Henry Balfour Gardiner (Evening Hymn).

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is Professor Robert Winston, a leading international expert in human fertility, who introduces his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice.

Haydn: Nelson Mass.
Sylvia Stahlman (soprano),
Helen Watts (contralto),
Wilfred Brown (tenor),
Tom Krause (bass).
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge London Symphony Orchestra Sir David Willcocks (conductor) DECCA 4586232.

Music played

13 items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • Artist Image for Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G BWV577

    Performers: Simon Preston (organ)

    , DG 4694202

  • Artist Image for Christian Cannabich

    Christian Cannabich Sinfonia in E flat major

    Performers: Concerto Koln

    , TELDEC 2564698899

  • 9.15: Sarah's CD of the Week

    • Artist Image for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danse Russe (Swan Lake)

      Performers: Janine Jansen (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

      , DECCA 4750112

  • Artist Image for Paul Dukas

    Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)

    DG 4196172

  • 9.30: Artist of the Week - David Willcocks

    • Artist Image for Thomas Tallis

      Thomas Tallis Spem in alium

      Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Musical Society, David Willcocks (conductor)

      DECCA 4550292

  • Artist Image for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Sonata in A K.305

    Performers: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano)

    , DG 4724409

  • Artist Image for Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn Symphony No.89 in F

    Performers: London Mozart Players, Jane Glover (conductor)

    , ASV CDDCA635

  • 10.20: Artist of the Week - David Willcocks

    • Artist Image

      Gardiner Evening Hymn

      Performers: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks (conductor)

      EMI 428944

  • 10.30: Robert Winston's Choices

  • Artist Image for Clara Schumann

    Clara Schumann Konzertsatz in F minor

    Performers: Lucy Parham (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    AUTOGRAPH MAC CD 902

  • 11.00: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Artist Image for Joseph Haydn

      Joseph Haydn Nelson Mass

      Performers: Sylvia Stahlman (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Tom Krause (bass), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks (conductor)

      DECCA 4586232

  • 11.40:

    • Artist Image for Claude Debussy

      Claude Debussy L'Isle Joyeuese

      Performers: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

      , CHANDOS CHAN 10443

  • Artist Image for Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Trio Sonata in C minor BWV526

    Performers: Simon Preston (organ)

    , DG 4694202

  • Today's Brainteaser Answer

    The Year in Question: 1787

    The music played:

    Mozart
    Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1st movement)
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields
    Neville Marriner
    PHILIPS 422 064 2

    Gluck
    Che farò senza Euridice? (Orphée et Eurydice)
    Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
    Lyon Opera Orchestra
    John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
    EMI 5568852

    Haydn
    Finale of Symphony no 89 in F major
    London Mozart Players
    Jane Glover (conductor)
    ASV CDDCA635

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