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Essential Classics

Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Monday - Sarah Walker

Monday - Sarah Walker

09/01/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Monday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Handel, Bach and Haydn.

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: David Willcocks conducts Handel: My Heart is Inditing. Bach: Cantata No 147; Essential Choice: Haydn: String Quartets, Op 33.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Janine Jansen playing a selection of romantic violin showpieces: DECCA 4750112.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, conductor Sir David Willcocks in music by Handel (My Heart is Inditing) and Bach (Cantata No.147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben').

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is Professor Robert Winston, a leading international expert in human fertility, who introduces his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice.

Haydn: String Quartets Op.33.
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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