Wednesday - Sarah Walker, plus Rob Cowan with guest Eddie Izzard
With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Nordic Song; Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard; Music in Time: Paganini: 24 Caprices; Nordic recordings: Grieg: Piano Concerto.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. Plus Rob Cowan talks to the comedian Eddie Izzard.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Nordic song'. As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season Sarah shares a selection of Nordic songs, showcasing their lyrical beauty, sense of melancholy and nostalgia, the way they celebrate nature, and the dramatic stories that they tell. Sarah hears from singers including Camilla Tilling, Anne Sofie von Otter and Anders Andersson as she explores these vocal works from the frozen North.
9.30am
Take part in our daily music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
10am
Rob talks to Eddie Izzard. Comedian, actor and multiple marathon runner, Eddie is one of the foremost stand-ups of his generation and has entertained audiences the world over. Eddie's epic Force Majeure tour, which he has toured around 28 countries (and performed in four languages), will be coming to London next year. Eddie spills the secrets of his unique brand of humour, and shares a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am.
10.30am
Sarah places Music in Time as she explores the Romantic rise of the celebrity performer, and music written as a way of showing off virtuosic technique, with Paganini's 24 Caprices.
11am
Sarah features recordings of major works by leading Nordic composers. Throughout the week Sarah travels through Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden as she shares a selection of music by Crusell, Sibelius, Grieg, Nielsen and Stenhammar.
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
Sigurd Sl氓ttebrekk (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic
Michail Jurowski (conductor).
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Music Played
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Judith Weir
El Rey de Francia
Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.- NMC.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.- CPO.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE...NORDIC SONG
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Ture Rangstr枚m
The Wind and the Tree
Singer: Miah Persson. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- HYPERION.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
I skogen (In the Forest)
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Miah Persson.- HYPERION.
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Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris Op.9
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Mats Lidstr枚m
Tango
Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- CAPRICE.
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Niels Wilhelm Gade
O du, der du die Liebe bist
Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Jesper Grove J酶rgensen.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz no.2 S.515
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- EMI.
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Carl Nielsen
Maskarade (Overture)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- DECCA.
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EDDIE IZZARD'S CHOICE NO.1
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Performer: Pascal Rog茅.- DECCA.
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EDDIE IZZARD'S CHOICE NO.2
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Hans Zimmer
Chevaliers de Sangreal (from the soundtrack to The Da Vinci Code)
Orchestra: Orchestra. Choir: Choir. Conductor: Richard Harvey.- DECCA.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and cello, RV 565
Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.- BIS.
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MUSIC IN TIME: ROMANTIC
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Caprices, Op.1 Nos. 1, 23 & 24
Performer: Julia Fischer.- DECCA.
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Johan Halvorsen
Bergensiana
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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William Byrd
Domine, secundum actum meum for 6 voices
Ensemble: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.- Byrd: Complete works Vol.4: The Cardinall's Musick/Carwood.
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NORDIC MASTERPIECE
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto
Performer: Sigurd Sl氓ttebrekk. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.- SIMAX.
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Percy Grainger
To a Nordic Princess
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Gustav Holst
Songs from The Princess, Op 20a
Ensemble: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
Mystery Person
Broadcast
- Wed 9 Dec 2015 09:00成人快手 Radio 3