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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: Friday - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan

Monday - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan

03/04/2015

Friday - Sarah Walker with Declan Donnellan

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With Sarah Walker. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; Artist of the Week: conductor Stephen Cleobury; Sarah's Essential Choice: Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'. Throughout the week Rob and Sarah dip into this remarkable collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, showcasing works by composers including Byrd, Bull and Gibbons. 

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you tell which piece of music is being played backwards?

10am 
Sarah's guest this week is the writer and director Declan Donnellan. Since co-founding his own theatre company in 1981, Declan has become well-known as a Shakespearean director as well as winning accolades for his interpretations of works ranging from plays by Chekhov and Pushkin to Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Declan will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
Sarah's featured artist this week is the conductor Stephen Cleobury. Director of the world-famous Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cleobury has worked with leading orchestras and soloists including the Academy of Ancient Music and the Philharmonia. Sarah will be exploring his interpretations of works by composers including Brahms, Harvey, Mozart, Stanford and Tallis. 

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Schade (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez (conductor).

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