Friday - Sarah Walker with Erica Jong
With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love Hildegard von Bingen; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Jane Glover; Great Piano Sonatas: Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Hildegard von Bingen. A poet, scientist and philosopher, Hildegard of Bingen was one of the first known composers in the history of Western music. Having spent most of her life in a monastery, Hildegard produced a wealth of writings, illuminated manuscripts and devotional songs. As part of a season celebrating women in music, Sarah will be showcasing some of the best recordings of Hildegard's compositions, giving us five reasons to love her work nearly 900 years after it was first written.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: spot the theme linking three pieces of music and identify the missing fourth.
10am
In the lead up to International Women's Day, Sarah's guest is the author and teacher Erica Jong whose first novel Fear of Flying has become a feminist classic. Erica will be discussing her musical roots and sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am. To find out more about Radio 3's International Women's Day programming follow @蜜芽传媒Radio3 and the hashtag #womensday
10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Jane Glover. The Music Director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque and Director of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music, Glover blazed a trail as one of the first women to become a professional conductor. She has achieved an international reputation not just for her conducting but also for her academic achievements, and particularly for her work on Mozart. Sarah will be showcasing recordings chosen especially by Glover.
11am
This week Sarah showcases great piano sonatas.
Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No,7 in B flat Op.83
Martha Argerich (piano).
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Music Played
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Alexander Glazunov
Raymonda Suite Op.57A - Act I, La Traditrice
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier. -
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Antonio Salieri
La calamita de鈥檆ori - Sinfonia a due orchestra (Act II)
Orchestra: Mannheim Mozart Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Fey. -
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Claude Debussy
Rapsodie for alto saxophone and orchestra
Performer: Alexandre Doisy. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl. -
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Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritui sancto
Ensemble: Anonymous 4. -
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Georg Muffat
Chaconne in G
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. -
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 - Allegro scherzando
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Conductor: Stanis艂aw Wis艂ocki. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. -
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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate Jubilate K.165
Singer: Felicity Lott. Conductor: Jane Glover. Orchestra: London Mozart Players.- ASV.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat major, Op 83
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Martha Argerich Early Recordings.
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Juan Guti茅rrez de Padilla
Missa Ego flos campi for double choir, Agnus dei
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- New World Symphonies - Baroque Music from L:atin America: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey S.
- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Mass in B flat "Theresienmesse"
Conductor: Jane Glover. Orchestra: Rebel Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Trinity Choir.
Find the Fourth
The music played:
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Lumbye
Champagne Galop
Vienna Philharmonic
Georges Pretre (conductor)
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Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA
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Youmans arr. Shostakovich
Tahiti Trot
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA
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The answer: canter
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