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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: Tuesday - Sarah Walker

Tuesday - Sarah Walker

29/05/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Tuesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.

With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players; architect Ptolemy Dean; Sarah's Essential Choice: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor). EMI CDC 749889-2.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony.

10.30am
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the new St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, built beside the ruins of the old Gothic cathedral, which was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing during World War II. Sarah Walker's guest this week is the British architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean, who specialises in historic preservation, as well as designing new buildings that are in keeping with their historic settings. He shares some of his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
DECCA 433 611-2.

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