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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Jenny Agutter

Essential Classics

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love the Viola; Musical Challenge; Artists of the Week: the Florestan Trio; Essential Choice: Boccherini: String Quintet in C, G324.

With Sarah Walker and her guest Jenny Agutter.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the viola.' Throughout the week Sarah makes the case for the viola, exploring repertoire ranging from Telemann's Viola Concerto in G TWV 51:G9 to Brahms' Geistliche Wiegenlied Op.91 No.2 and Schumann's Märchenerzählungen Op.132, performed by violists including Simon Standage, Cecil Aronowitz and Lawrence Power.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Two pieces of music have been altered. Can you identify them?

10am
Sarah's guest this week is Jenny Agutter. An actress of both stage and screen, Jenny is well known for her performance as Roberta in the film adaptation of E. Nesbit's The Railway Children and is currently playing Sister Julienne in the hit television drama Call the Midwife. Jenny will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah's featured artists this week are The Florestan Trio: pianist Susan Tomes, violinist Anthony Marwood and cellist Richard Lester. From their formation in 1995 until they disbanded in 2012, the Florestans built a reputation as one of the world's leading piano trios. Sarah delves into their substantial discography, showcasing benchmark performances of works by composers including Fauré, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Haydn and Beethoven.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Boccherini
String Quintet in C, G324 ('La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid')
Cuarteto Casals
Eckart Runge (cello).

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Wed 11 Feb 2015 09:00

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Toy Symphony; 3rd mvt, finale
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- CHANDOS.
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Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6 No 4
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- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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- Franz Liszt
  
  Romance oubliée, S527
  Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
  
  BIS.
Richard Strauss

Festmusik der Stadt Wien
Orchestra: Locke Consort. Conductor: James Stobart.
- CHANDOS.
Dmitry Shostakovich

Piano Trio No 1 in C minor, Op 8, 'Poème'
Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
Thelonious Monk

'Round Midnight
- WARNER.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

'Great' Mass in C minor, K427; Kyrie
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Singer: Camilla Tilling.
- ARCHIV.
Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 1
- Clara Schumann
  
  Piano Trio in G minor, op. 17: III Andante
  Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio.
  
  HYPERION.
Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 2
- Jean Françaix
  
  Sixtuor: I Risoluto
  Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Neyire Ashworth. Performer: Susan Dent. Performer: Philip Gibbon. Performer: Alan Andrews. Performer: Jeremy Polmear.
  
  OBOE CLASSICS.
Jenny Agutter's Choice No. 3
- Trad
  
  The Three Ravens
  Performer: Andreas Martin. Singer: Andreas Scholl.
  
  HARMONIA MUNDI.
Artist of the week: The Florestan Trio
- Johannes Brahms
  
  Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, Op.114
  Performer: Richard Hosford. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
  
  HYPERION.
Essential Choice
- Luigi Boccherini
  
  Quintet in C major 'La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid'
  Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
  
  HARMONIA MUNDI.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata in F, K280
Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
- DG.