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Essential Classics

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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: Thursday - Sarah Walker

Thursday - Sarah Walker

08/03/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Thursday - Sarah Walker

Sarah Walker presents music by Sibelius and Beethoven.

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: soprano Soile Isokoski in songs from Finland and Sibelius's Luonnotar; Sarah's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Violin Concerto.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Liszt - Favourite Piano Works performed by Jorge Bolet

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Soile Isokoski (Songs from Finland & Sibelius' Luonnotar).

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest today on International Women's Day is entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, who introduces her essential pieces of classical music. Today, she offers a piece that makes her glad to be alive and music that she feels should be more widely known.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Beethoven
Violin Concerto
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDM 566900-2.

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