Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. CD of the Week: Viva Verdi: Overtures and Preludes; Artist of the Week: Andrew Davis; Astronomer Carolin Crawford; Essential Choice: Mozart: Symphony No 38.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Viva Verdi: Overtures and Preludes - Filarmonica della Scala/Riccardo Chailly, DECCA; and at 9.30 our brainteaser - Who am I?
10am
Artist of the Week: Andrew Davis
10.30am
Sarah's guest in World Space Week, is the astronomer Carolin Crawford. Carolin regularly delivers science outreach presentations to over 4,000 people annually and is a regular in broadcast media, with numerous appearances on programmes such as In Our Time and Home Planet on BBC Radio 4. She is a Fellow and Lecturer at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as well as Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, a position in which she delivers free public lectures within the City of London. In 2009 Carolin was recognized for her outstanding abilities by a Women of Outstanding Achievement Award by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, presented for "communication of science with a contribution to society."
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 'Prague', K.504
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia in G major, BWV 797
Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Performer: Luigi Piovano.- Nimbus Alliance.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- Mercury Living Presence.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Alzira (Overture)
Orchestra: Filarmonica della Scala. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Music Arranger: Victor Staub. Performer: Yuja Wang.- Fantasia.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 012.
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Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands together
Choir: Stile Antico.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- EMI.
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Antonín Dvořák
Rondo, Op. 94
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Richard Wagner
Die Walkure: Act III conclusion "Loge, hor! Lausche hierher!"; Magic Fire Music
Singer: Thomas Stuart. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Michael Tippett
Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.- Teldec.
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Enescu
Concert Piece for viola and piano
Performer: Maxim Rysanov (viola). Performer: Evelyn Chang (piano).- AVIE.
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Ferdinand Hérold
Clog Dance (La fille mal gardée)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Clemens Krauss.- Naxos.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G, K.146
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (piano).- SONY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 38, K.504 'Prague'
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Linn.
Today’s Brainteaser Answer
Who am I?
Wotan, King of the Gods, also the God of light, air and wind, and sung by a bass-baritone in Wagner’s Ring Cycle.
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