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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 with Leanne Benjamin

Monday - Sarah Walker with Leanne Benjamin

12/01/2015

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With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Dvorak: American Quartet.

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love British Film Music; Mapping the Music; Artist of the Week: Emma Kirkby; Sarah's Essential Choice: Dvorak: American Quartet.

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Sarah Walker. She's joined by former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet Leanne Benjamin

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love'...British film music. This week Sarah champions an art form that has seen contributions from leading and neglected British composers of the 20th century, from Vaughan Williams to William Walton. It's a genre that often struggles to be taken seriously, perhaps because in its most perfect form it's hidden from view, the audience not noticing that it brings colour to a black-and-white classic, or highlights emotional moods and landscapes, surreptitiously setting the scene.

9.30am
Mapping the Music. Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am 
Sarah's guest this week is Leanne Benjamin, former principal ballerina at the Royal Ballet. Leanne shares a selection of the music she danced to during her career, discussing her memories of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and offering a personal insight into the world of a ballet dancer.

10.30am
This week Sarah's featured artist is Emma Kirkby, one of the world's most renowned early music specialists, noted for her pure, crystal-like tone and vocal agility. Sarah showcases her repertoire including Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, Purcell's Evening Hymn and Dowland's songs. 

11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Dvorak
American Quartet.

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