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Thursday - Sarah Walker with David Hepworth

With Sarah Walker. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Liszt: Annees de pelerinage; Artist of the Week: Hakan Hardenberger, featured performing Hummel's Trumpet Concerto.

9am
Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain, and as Radio 3 visits Hull for its Uproot festival, Sarah will also be featuring classical repertoire throughout the week reflecting folk music from around the world.

9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Sarah's guest this week is the music journalist and broadcaster David Hepworth. David has launched and written for many of the most successful pop-culture magazines of the past 30 years, including Smash Hits, More, Heat, Q and The Word. He was a presenter of 成人快手2's The Old Grey Whistle Test and co-presented the 成人快手's coverage of the global charity concert Live Aid. As well as discussing his life's work and reflecting on popular culture, David also shares his passion for classical music choosing a selection of his favourite works. Across the week we'll hear music by composers including Copland, Walton and Philip Glass.

10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Today Sarah's exploring the rise of the travelling virtuoso in the 19th century. Composer and pianist Franz Liszt was the archetype, and his series of suites Les Ann茅es de P茅l猫rinage (The Years of Pilgrimage) capture the years he spent criss-crossing Europe.

Double Take
Sarah explores the nature of performance by highlighting the differences between two interpretations of the aria "Celeste Aida" from Verdi's opera Aida.

11am
Artist of the Week: H氓kan Hardenberger
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the Swedish trumpeter H氓kan Hardenberger. During three decades of performing and recording, he's established a reputation for both virtuosity and versatility. His interpretations of classic repertoire such as the concertos of Haydn and Hummel have become benchmarks for the next generation, and Sarah has selected these alongside Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, widely perceived as one of the most challenging pieces in the trumpet repertoire. But, Hardenberger is also committed to championing contemporary works. Sarah's selections include P盲rt's Concerto Piccolo on B-A-C-H and Takemitsu's Paths - both of which were dedicated to, and premiered by him - as well as H K Gruber's 3 MOB Pieces.

Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E major
H氓kan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Michael Praetorius

    Dances from Terpsichore (Suite de Ballets)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort. Conductor: David Munrow.
    • Erato.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Recorder concerto in C minor RV441

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players. Conductor: Candida Thompson.
    • Decca.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three pieces for Mixed Choir: Gondoliera

    Choir: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • EBS.
  • Nicholas Edwards

    Latino Eduardo

    Performer: Nicholas Edwards.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: H氓kan Hardenberger

    • Astor Piazzolla

      Oblivion - tango

      Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in F major

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Naxos.
  • Percy Grainger

    I'm Seventeen Come Sunday

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
  • DAVID HEPWORTH's CHOICE

    • Johannes Brahms

      Variations on a Theme by Haydn

      Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
      • Philips.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma: Casta Diva

    Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.
  • Music in Time: Romantic

    • Franz Liszt

      Ann茅es de P茅l茅rinage 1: La Suisse - La chapelle de Guillaume Tell

      Performer: Jorge Bolet.
      • Decca.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell: Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • EMI.
  • Double Take

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Celeste Aida (Aida)

      Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
      • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Aida: Celeste Aida

      Singer: Franco Corelli. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
      • EMI.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: H氓kan Hardenberger

    • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

      Trumpet Concerto in Eb

      Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
      • Philips.
  • Ennemond Gaultier

    La Cascade in A major

    Performer: Hopkinson Smith.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in F minor, Op 25 No 2

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • The Chopin Album.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe sonata in G minor

    Performer: Katharina Arfken. Performer: Guido Larisch. Performer: Michael Behringer. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Romanian Concerto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • TELDEC.

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