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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: Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

Monday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

29/04/2015

Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Michel Roux Jr

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With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead.

With Sarah Walker. Five Reasons to Love Grieg Lyric Pieces; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI; Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Grieg lyric pieces'. Throughout the week Sarah offers a selection of piano pieces from Edvard Grieg's 10-book collection of 'Lyric Pieces' - examples of the short, characterful pieces which were very much in fashion during the late 19th century, especially in Scandinavia where Grieg was regarded as the master of the genre. 

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am 
Sarah's guest this week is the world-renowned chef and presenter Michel Roux Jr. Michel will be sharing his passion for classical music with Sarah every day at 10am. 

10.30am
This week Sarah explores Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music as seen through the eyes of Jordi Savall and his band Hesperion XX - XXI. Their spirited and enchanting performances of music by unfamiliar composers have cast new light on pieces which would otherwise have been lost to us. Sarah discovers anew the joy of hearing Jordi Savall's work. 

11am 
Essential Choice - this week Sarah explores pieces connected to the supernatural

Rachmaninov
Isle of the Dead 
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor).

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