Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Maxwell Hutchinson
With Sarah Walker. Including Musical challenge; Music on Location: Josef Suk's Praga; Proms Artist of the Week: Nicholas McGegan, featured conducting music by Alessandro Scarlatti.
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Sarah sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.鈥
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Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify a mystery musical object.
10am
Sarah's guest this week is the architect and broadcaster Maxwell Hutchinson. Maxwell was a practising architect for many years and in 1989 became the youngest-ever鈥疨resident鈥痮f RIBA, the鈥疪oyal Institute of British Architects.鈥疕e's become one of the foremost broadcasters on architecture, presenting series on 成人快手 Two, Channel Four and 成人快手 Radio London. At one point Maxwell considered becoming a musician and has written three musicals and a Requiem Mass. In the last few years Maxwell has been ordained and is currently a curate at a church in Essex. As well discussing his work, his music and his life, throughout the week Maxwell will be sharing some of his favourite classical music.
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Music on Location: Prague
Sarah introduces Praga by Josef Suk, which reflects on the history of Prague, conjuring up the city on the banks of the Vltava and the legendary heroine Libuse, who founded the city.
11am
Sarah's Proms Artist of the Week is the conductor, Nicholas McGegan. McGegan has been hailed as "one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation" (The Independent)鈥痑nd has been director of the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale for over 30 years. McGegan has also devoted much of his time to opera; he was Artistic Director of the G枚ttingen Handel Festival for 20 years and Principal Guest Conductor at Scottish Opera in the 1990s. As a guest conductor he's worked with orchestras around the world including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 成人快手 Scottish Symphony, Halle, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.鈥疍uring the week Sarah will be featuring McGegan's recordings of Haydn's Symphony No.57, Mozart's Piano Concerto in F major, K459 with Melvyn Tan, and excerpts from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Alessandro Scarlatti's Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia. McGegan is also a flautist and Sarah's chosen his recording of CPE Bach's Flute Quartet in D, Wq.94, with Catherine Mackintosh, Anthony Pleeth and Christopher Hogwood.
A. Scarlatti
Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia: Deus in adiutorium; Cantantibus organis; Dixit Dominus
Susanne Ryd茅n & Dominique Labelle (sopranos)
Ryland Angel (countertenor)
Michael Slattery (tenor)
Neal Davies (baritone & cantor)
Philharmonia Chorale
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (conductor).
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Music Played
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Jacques Ibert
Hommage 脿 Mozart
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Ibert: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in G major, Op 79
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Philips.
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor (Overture)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Jean Mouton
Tota Pulchra Es
Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.- OBSIDIAN.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Pieces de Clavecin (1724): La joyeuse; La follette
Performer: Christophe Rousset.- L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Jealousy
Orchestra: Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra.- REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
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Amy Beach
Dreaming
Performer: Judith Herbert. Performer: Diana Ambache.- Beach: Violin Sonata Etc. - Ambache.
- Chandos.
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Alexander Agricola
Sonata in A for flute and basso continuo
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: Jonathan Manson.- EMI.
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Maxwell Hutchinson's First Choice
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version): I. Mod茅r茅
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Maxwell Hutchinson's Second Choice
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Maurice Durufl茅
Requiem: In Paradisum
Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.- HYPERION.
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Maxwell Hutchinson's Third Choice
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No.15 in A Minor, Op.132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.- DECCA.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude and fugue in E minor Op.35`1
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2: Perahia.
- CBS.
- 7.
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Music on Location: Prague
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Josef Suk
Prague
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.- Suk: Prague/A Summer's Tale.
- CHANDOS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Cavatina (Miniatures Op.75a)
Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.- Praga.
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Artist of the Week: Nicholas McGegan
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Il Vespero di Santa Cecilia: Deus in adiutorium; Cantantibus organis; Dixit Domi
Singer: Susanne Ryd茅n. Singer: Dominique Labelle. Singer: Ryland Angel. Singer: Michael Slattery. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Philharmonia Chorale. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- AVIE.
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Robert Schumann
Carnaval, Op.9
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Moto perpetuo, Op 11
Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich. Music Arranger: Mikhail Nakariakov.- Teldec.
Musical Challenge: Mystery Object
Broadcast
- Wed 19 Jul 2017 09:00成人快手 Radio 3