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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: Essential Schubert

Essential Classics: Essential Schubert: Who Is Schubert?

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30/03/2012

Who Is Schubert?

Essential Schubert

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Essential Schubert, Who Is Schubert?

Sarah Walker presents great works by Schubert in classic performances.

With Sarah Walker. Including Schubert Lab and lieder from Peter Schreier; Poet Fiona Sampson; Schubert: Sonata in C, D812 (Grand Duo); Lieder Advocate: Brigitte Fassbaender.

presented by Sarah Walker

10.00
Sarah is joined by Tom Service for Schubert Lab, followed by a mini Lieder recital by Peter Schreier.

10.30
Sarah's guest today is poet Fiona Sampson, who has chosen some chamber music for strings. Fiona originally trained and worked as a violinist, and this music is particularly meaningful for her; in fact, she has based many of her poems on the experience of listening to music, and Schubert in particular.

11.00
Schubert
Sonata in C, D812 (Grand Duo)
Sviatoslav Richter and Benjamin Britten (piano duet)

11.45
Today's Lieder advocate is Brigitte Fassbaender, who introduces some of her favourite Schubert recordings.

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Sarah Walker introduces great works by Schubert in classic performances

Sarah Walker introduces great works by Schubert in classic performances. Sarah is joined each day by a special guest and Tom Service presents his Schubert Lab

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