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Thursday - Sarah Walker with James May

A selection of music with Sarah Walker and at 10.30am her guest is writer and television presenter James May. Also at 9.30am, our daily brainteaser Who/What/Where am I?

Sarah Walker's guest this week is writer and television presenter James May.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Book II, Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), APART脡 AP070. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Alfred Brendel.

10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is James May, the writer and TV presenter best known as one of the trio of 'Top Gear' presenters alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. But there's more to James than his macho image would suggest - not many people know that he studied music at Lancaster University, and is a keen flautist and keyboard player who loves early music, as Sarah Walker will discover this week.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice:
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Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95
Vienna Philharmonic
Istv谩n Kert茅sz (conductor)
DECCA.

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F, Op. 72 No. 3

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La cambiale di matrimonio (Overture)

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 890

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Aparte.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Muiniera, Op. 32

    Performer: Tianwa Yang. Orchestra: Navarra Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Mart铆nez Izquierdo.
    • Naxos.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Brilliant.

  • Percy Grainger

    I'm Seventeen Come Sunday

    Choir: The Joyful Company of Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Matthew Locke

    Suite no.1 in D minor

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • Helios.

  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 4792027.
    • DG.
    • 24.

  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op 48

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • Philips.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Consort XII

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence-King (early harp).
    • OBSIDIAN.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.513

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • Teldec.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Lincolnshire Poacher

    Singer: Peter Pears. Performer: Benjamin Britten.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion, Part I: 'Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen'

    Choir: Thomanerchor Leipzig. Choir: T枚lzer Knabenchor. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Prokofiev, arr. Sergei Samsonov

    Visions Fugitives, op.22; no.6

    Performer: Quartetto Energie Nove.
    • DYNAMIC.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in E, Hob. XV:28

    Performer: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - What am I?

Answer: The Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome, the opera by Richard Strauss.

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  • Thu 13 Feb 2014 09:00
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