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Monday - Sarah Walker with Douglas Kennedy

With Sarah Walker. Includes Essential CD of the Week; Brainteaser: Transports of Delight; Artist of the Week: Emanuel Ax; Douglas Kennedy; Haydn: Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauer).

with Sarah Walker and her guest, novelist and travel writer Douglas Kennedy.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - plays Wagner, Sibelius, Puccini, Wolf, Turina, Dvorak, Berlioz DG 431 680-2. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30: today, Transports of Delight.

10am
Artist of the Week: Emanuel Ax.

10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the American novelist Douglas Kennedy. Born in Manhattan, Douglas divides his time between there and Maine as well as Berlin, Paris and London. His books are internationally renowned, with 11 novels translated in 22 countries. Three films have been made from his work, including 'The Big Picture' starring Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve, and 'The Woman in the Fifth' with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas. He is the most celebrated modern American writer in France where his last six novels have all been critically acclaimed no.1 Bestsellers. In 2007 he was awarded The Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and received the first Grand Prix du Figaro two years later. He continues to contribute reportage, essays and literary reviews to The Times The New Statesman, Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Nouvel Observateur. His most recent novel, 'Five Days', was published to critical acclaim in 2013 and is published by Arrow in paperback next month.

11am
Haydn
Symphony No. 44 in E minor (Trauer)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Wild Bears (Wand of Youth, Suite No 2)

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor).
    • EMI.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op.26

    Performer: Kari Kriikku. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ondine.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    Anacreon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • anon

    Transports of Delight

  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study after Paganini No 6 in A minor

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (piano).
    • SONY.

  • anon

    Transports of Delight

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 11

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz. Performer: Barry Tuckwell.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat, Hob XVI:49

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Domine, quis habitabit?

    Performer: Cardinall's Musick. Performer: Andrew Carwood (director).
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: Andante con moto

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25 (Rondo alla Zingarese)

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 44 in E minor, 'Trauer'

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • William Lawes

    Royall Consort Suite No 9 in F

    Performer: The Purcell Quartet. Performer: Nigel North and Paul O'Dette (theorbos).
    • CHANDOS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony in G minor (Zwickau)

    Performer: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).
    • ARCHIV.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Transports of Delight

The mode of transport was a Venetian gondola, from Offenbach鈥檚 operetta, Tales of Hoffmann. This scene is from the start of Act 4, where Hoffmann stands on the balcony of a Venetian palace, overlooking the grand canal, and hears this barcarolle being sung below him.

The music played:

Offenbach
Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY SMK 47532

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Today's Brainteaser Answer - Originally Written For

The piece was Meditation from the opera Thais by Massenet, originally written for solo violin and orchestra. It鈥檚 an entr'acte separating the scenes of Act II.
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The music played:

Massenet
Meditation (from Thais)
Leslie Newman (flute)
John Lenehan (piano)
FLIBSIDE F-LN0601

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