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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 with Martin Shaw

Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Martin Shaw

05/05/2015

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Tuesday - Sarah Walker with Martin Shaw

With Sarah Walker. Including Sarah's Essential Choice: Alkan: Grande Sonate, Op 33.

With Sarah Walker. Including Five Reasons to Love Youth Orchestras; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Benjamin Grosvenor; Sarah's Essential Choice: Alkan: Grande Sonate, Op 33.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... youth orchestras'. Especially for the week of Radio 3's Young Artists Day, Sarah explores recordings by top youth orchestras, including the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, with music by Bartók, Debussy, Adès and Ginastera.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.

10am 
Sarah's guest is the veteran actor Martin Shaw. Known for his roles in The Professionals, Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently, Martin will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Sarah. 

10.30am
To mark Radio 3's Young Artists Day, this week Sarah is featuring the pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. At just 22 years old, Grosvenor is a Radio 3 New Generation Artist, the youngest artist ever to sign to Decca Records and is the youngest soloist to have performed at the first night of the Proms. Throughout the week Sarah showcases Grosvenor's recordings of works by composers including Bach, Ravel, Chopin, Saint-Saëns and Gershwin.

11am Essential Choice
This week Sarah explores depictions of Prometheus.

Alkan
Grande Sonate: Les quatre ages, Op 33
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).

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