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Thursday - Sarah Walker

Essential Classics

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Flute Sonatas; Artist of the Week: Charles Dutoit; Sarah's Essential Choice: Debussy: String Quartet. Ebene Quartet.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Flute Sonatas - Andrea Oliva and Angela Hewitt

10am
Artist of the Week: Charles Dutoit

10.30am
In the week of Guy Fawkes Night, Sarah's guest is the politician and author Michael Dobbs. Michael was an advisor to Margaret Thatcher, a Conservative MP speechwriter, and served as a Government Special Advisor during the 1980s. In the John Major government, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, after which he retired from politics. He is best known as the author of many books, beginning in 1989 with the publication of House of Cards, which became the first in a trilogy of political thrillers, followed by To Play the King and The Final Cut. All three books were adapted by the BBC into a mini series. His novel Winston's War was shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book of the Year Award, and is in development to be adapted as a feature film.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Debussy
String Quartet
Quatuor Ébène
VIRGIN.

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Henry Purcell

The Married Beau: Overture
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
Giuseppe Verdi

La Forza del Destino: Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
- RCA.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020
Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
Antonio Salieri

La Locandiera (Overture)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
- Chandos.
Camille Saint‐Saëns

Le rouet d'Omphale, Op 31
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
- Decca.
Francis Poulenc

Novelette No 1 in C major (Three Novelettes)
Performer: Pascal Rogé.
- Decca.
Jean‐Philippe Rameau

Chaconne (Les Indes galantes)
Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
- Harmonia Mundi.
Louis Vierne

Carillon de Westminster, Op.54 No.6
Performer: Simon Preston.
- DG.
Claude Debussy

Children's Corner
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
- Decca.
Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in D Hob XVI:37
Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano).
- PHILIPS.
Giacomo Puccini

Nessun dorma! (Turandot)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
- Turandot Highlights.
- Decca.
- 11.
Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
- Decca.
Bridge

Summer
Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor).
- CHANDOS.
Claude Debussy

String Quartet in G minor, Op 10
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
- Virgin.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Trumpet Concerto in E
Performer: Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet). Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor).
- PHILIPS.
Martin Peerson

O Domine Jesu Christe
Performer: Ex Cathedra Consort. Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor).
- HYPERION.
Claude Debussy

La Plus que lente
Performer: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor).
- DECCA.