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Sarah Walker, Rob Cowan and guest Charles Dance

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Chopin's Preludes; musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Andre Previn; Sarah's Essential Choice: Nielsen: Symphony No 2.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Chopin's Preludes'. Throughout the week Sarah offers a selection of her favourite preludes, highlighting the variety of expression and sentiment contained in Chopin's famous set with classic recordings by pianists including Martha Argerich, Garrick Ohlsson, Shura Cherkassky and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.

10am
Veteran British star of stage and screen Charles Dance shares his favourite classical music with Rob Cowan every morning and talks about roles such as Tywin Lannister in hit TV series Game of Thrones. During his four-decade long career, other credits include the Jewel in the Crown, Gosford Park and The Imitation Game. His new film, Woman in Gold, opens this week

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor and pianist Andr茅 Previn whose recordings range from the classics of the American repertoire and famous ballet scores to film music and his own compositions. Sarah will be exploring the full range of this very versatile artist throughout the week.

11am
For this week's Essential Choices Sarah shares her love of both well-known and rare Nordic masterpieces.

Nielsen
Symphony No.2 'The Four Temperaments', Op.16
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor).

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Fri 10 Apr 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Ferenc Farkas

    One of his Early Hungarian Dances: Ugr贸s [Leaping Dance]

    Ensemble: Galliard Brass Ensemble.
    • DEUX ELLES.

  • Richard Wagner

    Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • CBS.

  • 5 Reasons To Love: Chopin's Preludes

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Prelude No.7 in A major & No.20 in C minor

      Performer: Louis Lortie.
      • Chandos.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Septet in E flat major, Op 65

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major, K 24

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Poem (At Twilight)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir

    Ensemble: Cantus C枚lln. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Director: Konrad Jungh盲nel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Charles Dance Choice 1

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

      Performer: Glenn Gould.

  • Charles Dance Choice 2

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in E major, Op.8 No.1 'La Primavera' - i. Allegro

      Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
      • TELDEC.

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in E major, Op.8 No.1 'La Primavera' - ii. Largo

      Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
      • TELDEC.

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Concerto in E major, Op.8 No.1 'La Primavera' - iii. Allegro

      Performer: Enrico Onofri. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
      • TELDEC.

  • Rob's Choice for Charles Dance

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

      Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alex Grynyuk.
      • DG.

  • Artist Of The Week: Andr茅 Previn

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Lieutenant Kije: Suite

      Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
      • TELARC.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    3 Songs (Op.18), no.1; Nell

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • Faure: Melodies: Elly Ameling/Gerard Souzay.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Essential Choice

    • Carl Nielsen

      Symphony No.2 鈥楾he Four Temperaments鈥�, Op.16

      Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
      • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.

Mystery Person

The answer: Hector Berlioz

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