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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: Tuesday - Sarah Walker

Tuesday - Sarah Walker

22/05/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Tuesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Handel: Water Music Suite No 2.

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week; Landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith selects his favourite pieces of music; Sarah's Essential Choice: Handel: Water Music Suite No 2.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Poulenc chamber music from Pascal Roge and friends: DECCA 4757097

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the instrumentalist, composer and conductor Jordi Savall.

10.30am
In the week of the Chelsea Flower Show, Sarah's guest is the award-winning landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith. Tom Stuart-Smith was a child chorister and plays the violin, so music has always been a passion for him. His favourite composers range from Bach to Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Verdi, Wagner, Messiaen and Schoenberg. 

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Handel: Water Music Suite No.2.
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)
ALIA VOX AVSA9860.

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