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Last broadcast on Mon, 19 Sep 2011, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3.

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Sarah Walker shares great music, with the Essential CD of the Week, Artist of the Week, and guest gardening expert, Rachel de Thame selects her essential pieces of classical music

9am
A selection of must-hear music including the Essential CD of the Week: A Purcell Songbook, Emma Kirkby

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Ivan Fischer: Dvorak (Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.5), Rossini (Variations for solo clarinet, solo string quartet and orchestra), Dohnanyi (Variations on a Nursery Song). Also in this hour, Stenhammar's Two Sentimental Romances from the Malmo Symphony Orchestra and violinist Ulf Wallin.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is gardening expert Rachel de Thame. Today she introduces a work by her favourite composer and a piece that reminds her of a particular place.

11am
Haydn: Symphony No.100 'Military'
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Today's Brainteaser answer

The Year in Question: 1830

Chopin: Grande Polonaise Brillante for piano & orchestra
Emanuel Ax (piano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK63371 tk 6

Berlioz: Marche au supplice (Symphonie Fantastique)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 411 425 2 tk 4

Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture op 26
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 104 2 tk 7

Music played

Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.

  1. --:--

    George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel Rinaldo 'Battaglia'

    Performers: Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)

    NAXOS 8.660165-67 CD 3 TRACK 14
  2. --:--

    Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Performers: Hakan Hardenberger and Rheinhold Freidrich (trumpets), Karl-Ernst Schröder (Chitarrone), Sergio Azzolini (Bassoon), I Musici

    DECCA 4972002 CD 1 TRACKS 1-3
  3. --:--

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano Duet in B flat K.358

    Performers: Christoph Eschenbach and Justus Frantz (pianos)

    DG 459475 CD 1 TRACKS 7-9
  4. --:--

    Henry Purcell Henry Purcell Evening Hymn

    Performers: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Christopher Hogwood (organ), Anthony Rooley (lute)

    DECCA 4767467 TRACK 16
  5. --:--

    Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin Grande Polonaise Brillante for piano & orchestra

    Performers: Emanuel Ax (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    SONY CLASSICAL SK63371 tk 6 (part)
  6. --:--

    Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz Marche au supplice (Symphonie Fantastique)

    Performers: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

    PHILIPS 411 425 2 tk 4 (part)
  7. --:--

    Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn “Hebrides” Overture op 26

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    DG 423 104 2 tk 7 (part)
  8. ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    1. --:--

      Antonin Dvorak Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.5 in A

      Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

      CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA 90210 TRACK 5
  9. --:--

    Wilhelm Stenhammar Wilhelm Stenhammar Two Sentimental Romances Op.28 - No.2 in F minor

    Performers: Ulf Wallin (violin), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi (conductor)

    BIS CD 550 TRACK 6
  10. --:--

    Allan Pettersson Romanza

    Performers: Martin Gelland (violin), Lennart Wallin (piano)

    BIS CD1028 TRACK 17
  11. ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    1. --:--

      Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini Variations for solo clarinet, solo string quartet and orchestra

      Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

      CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA 27708 TRACK 7
    2. --:--

      Erno Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Song Op.25

      Performers: Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

      PHILIPS 4223802 TRACKS 11-24
  12. --:--

    Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor for oboe and violin BWV1060

    Performers: Nigel Kennedy (violin), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

    EMI 5570912 TRACKS 4-6
  13. --:--

    Paco Peña Fuente Tobar

    Performers: Paco Pena (guitar), The Losadas

    NIMBUS NI56023 CD 1 TRACK 2
  14. --:--

    Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn Symphony No.100 'Military'

    Performers: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    TELARC 80758 CD 1 TRACKS 1-4
  15. --:--

    Antonio Rosetti Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major

    Performers: Anton Steck (violin), Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Moesus (conductor)

    CPO 7770282 TRACKS 1-3

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  1. Mon 19 Sep 2011
    09:00

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