Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite. Satie: Je te veux. Svendsen: Norwegian Artists' Carnival. Debussy, orch. Adams: Le balcon. Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D.
Sarah Walker spends the week hearing music-making from the musicians of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Today, we hear them as members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, a professional touring chamber orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado in 1997 and made up of former members of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. At 11am, they perform Brahms' First Serenade. Also on the show, carnival music from Svendsen and Tchaikovsky, and there's our regular brainteaser.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folk Song Suite
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)
- HMV 586778-2.
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Erik Satie
Je te veux
Performers: Pascal Roge (piano)
- DECCA 410 220-2.
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Johan Svendsen
Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op.14
Performers: Bergen Symphony Orchestra, Karsten Andersen (conductor)
- NKFCD 50009-2.
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Claude Debussy
Le Balcon (Cinq Poemes de Baudelaire)
Orchestrator: Adams Performers: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
- WARNER 2564 61983-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No.1 in D major, Op.11
Performers: Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 476 5786.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op.37b: selection
Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS 545042-2.
Broadcast
- Thu 25 Aug 2011 10:00成人快手 Radio 3