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Tuesday - Sarah Walker with William Boyd

With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana; Proms Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti.

Sarah Walker's guest this week is the author William Boyd. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Who's Singing?

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Gianandrea Noseda - Ten Years of Musica Italiana. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Nicola Benedetti

10:30
Sarah's guest this week is the prize-winning African-born author and screenwriter William Boyd, whose novels include A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Any Human Heart and Solo - a new James Bond novel continuing the adventures of Ian Fleming's spy hero. His screenplays include Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin, recalling the glamous life of the famous silent-film star, and The Trench (which Boyd also directed), set 24 hours before the battle of the Somme, and an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Scoop.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Gavotte pour les Z茅phirs (Na茂s)

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
    • Linn.
  • Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Caucasian Sketches: Suite No.1 No.4 鈥楶rocession of the Sardar鈥

    Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Onyx.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major D.951

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DG.
  • Alfredo Casella

    Symphonic Fragments from 鈥楲a donna serpent鈥 Op.50 Sinfonia

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.
  • Sweelinck

    Paduana Lachrymae, SwWV328/N10

    Performer: Robert Woolley (virginal).
    • CHACONNE.
  • anon

    Who鈥檚 Singing?

    Singer: anon.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Pohadka (Fairy Tale): 3rd mvt

    Performer: Danjulo Ishizaka. Performer: Shai Wosner.
    • Onyx.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Rondine: Bevo al tuo fresco serriso

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Choir: London Voices. Singer: Roberto Alagna.
    • EMI.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Violin Concerto No.1 Op.35

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • DG.
  • Anon.

    Beata viscera

    Performer: Trio Medi忙val.
    • ECM.
  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Evening

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • EMI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Violin Concerto Op.15: Moderato con moto

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Performer: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Waltz No. 6

    Performer: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Who's Singing?

Magda de Civry, from Puccini's La Rondine, sung by Ren茅e Fleming.

The music played:

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La Rondine: 鈥楥hi il bel sogno di Doretta鈥櫶

Ren茅e Fleming (soprano)

English Chamber Orchestra

Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

DECCA 458 8582

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