Thursday - Sarah Walker with Vivienne Parry
With Sarah Walker. My Favourite Lute Music; Music in Time: Stephen Foster songs; Artist of the Week: flautist Aurele Nicolet, featured in Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
9am
My favourite... lute music. Sarah shares a selection of her favourite pieces written for the lute, with works by Vivaldi, Dowland and Bach played by such celebrated lutenists as Jakob Lindberg, Christopher Wilson, Nigel North and Paul O'Dette.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Sarah's guest is the science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Parry. A scientist by training, Vivienne is best known for having presented the 成人快手 television series Tomorrow's World, and for her Radio 4 programmes which include Just So Science, about the science behind the animals of the Just So stories, and the multi award winning series Am I Normal? Vivienne writes for newspapers including The Times and The Guardian, and is science editor of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her book, The Truth About Hormones, was nominated for the Aventis Science Prize. Throughout the week Vivienne talks to Sarah about her passion for communicating science, and shares her favourite pieces of classical music.
10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Sarah places Music in Time. As pianos became increasingly popular in the home during the Romantic period, salon music also gained in popularity. Sarah explores this musical phenomenon, playing a sequence of songs by Stephen Foster.
11am
Sarah's artist of the week is the Swiss flautist Aur猫le Nicolet. Nicolet, who died earlier this year, was considered one of the world's greatest flute players of the late twentieth century. Several composers, including Takemitsu and Ligeti, wrote music especially for him, while Nicolet's pupils include Emmanuel Pahud, Michael Faust and Thierry Fischer. Nicolet was principal flautist in the Berlin Philharmonic during the 1950s, but enjoyed a highly successful career as a soloist as well. Throughout the week Sarah explores his vast recording legacy, featuring Nicolet as soloist in concertos by Mozart, CPE Bach, Couperin and Moscheles, and as a chamber musician in Debussy's Sonata for flute, viola and harp.
Debussy
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Aur猫le Nicolet (flute)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Naoko Yoshino (harp).
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Music Played
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Stephen Foster
Ring de Banjo
Choir: Robert Shaw Chorale. Conductor: Robert Shaw.- RCA.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Scherzo, Op.57
Performer: Philip Martin.- HYPERION.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo a la Russe
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- Mercury Living Presence.
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my favourite... lute music
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite in A minor, BWV995: Prelude
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Chorus of Mourning (Oratorio on Stories from the Bible)
Choir: Kolner Kurrende Chorus. Orchestra: Kolner Kurrende Orchestra. Conductor: Elke Mascha Blankenburg.- CPO.
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Anton Stepanovich Arensky
Concert Waltz in B flat major
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.- Teldec.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in G major, Op.126 No.1
Performer: Anatol Ugorski.- DG.
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Francesco Durante
Organ Concerto in B flat major
Performer: Clive Driskill-Smith. Ensemble: Oxford Baroque.- CORO.
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Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Vivienne Parry's Choice No.1
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No 2 in E minor - 3rd mvt: Adagio
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Vivienne Parry's Choice No.2
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: N茅stor Marconi. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Performer: H茅ctor Console.- SONY.
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MUSIC IN TIME: ROMANTIC
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Stephen Foster
The Voice of Bygone Days
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Performer: David Alpher.- ANGEL.
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Stephen Foster
Sweetly she sleeps, my Alice fair
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Performer: David Alpher.- ANGEL.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik Part II: Concerto for 3 violins and continuo in F major
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz. Director: Petra M眉llejans.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in G minor, Op 37 No 1
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Aur猫le Nicolet
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Claude Debussy
Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Naoko Yoshino.- PHILIPS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
All-Night Vigil: Blessed be the Man; O Serene Light
Choir: State Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.- Le Chant du Monde.
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Mark Bowden
Five Memos: No.3 Exactitude
Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Huw Watkins.- NMC.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.74 in E flat major
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
Recording Rewind
The music played:
Borodin
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG
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