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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 Suzy Klein and Ian Skelly

Essential Classics: Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy

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Wednesday - Sarah Walker with Philip Treacy

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Artist of the Week: Georg Solti in Brahms's Haydn Variations.

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Spanish Guitar Music; Music in Time: Haydn: Piano Sonata in G; Artist of the Week: Georg Solti in Brahms's Haydn Variations.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Spanish guitar music'. Throughout the week Sarah showcases the vitality, virtuosity and earthy passion of Spanish guitar music in works by composers including Rodrigo, Albéniz and Granados. 

9.30am
Take part in our daily music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.

10am 
Sarah's guest this week is the world-famous milliner Philip Treacy. Philip is the designer of choice for celebrities, fashion houses and royalty, and his clients range from Lady Gaga to the Duchess of Cambridge. The first milliner to have his own show during Paris couture week, Philip has collaborated with top designers including Alexander McQueen, Karl Lagerfeld and Valentino. Every day at 10am Philip shares a selection of his favourite classical music by composers ranging from Mozart to Sondheim, and tells some of the stories behind his creations, including a visit to Elizabeth Taylor's hotel room, designing a hat for Danielle de Niese's trip to Ascot and working on the Harry Potter films. 

10.30am
Sarah places Music in Time. She takes a trip to the Classical period to investigate Haydn's use of double variation form in his Piano Sonata in G Hob. XVI:40. 

11am
Sarah's Artist of the Week is the conductor Georg Solti. A maestro with a remarkably broad repertoire, Solti had his early career in Hungary interrupted when he was forced to flee the Nazis in 1938. Known for his passionate, even aggressive rehearsal style, Solti went on to have a dazzling life on the classical stage, earned a starry reputation in the opera house and left behind a wealth of recordings, including an iconic interpretation of Wagner's Ring Cycle. 

Brahms
Haydn Variations
Sir Georg Solti (piano)
Murray Perahia (piano).

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