Classical Collection - Wednesday - Sarah Walker

with Sarah Walker. Featuring great performances and classic recordings. Our theme of Science and Technology continues today with a whole programme of music inspired by astronomy. The programme ends with a performance of Gustav Holst's much-loved suite The Planets, with the recent addition of Pluto by Colin Matthews. 10.00 Haydn: Overture: Il Mondo della Luna. Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss. 10.06 Vincenzo Galilei: Gaglliarda Calliope; Contrappunto 19. Massimo Lonardi and Ugo Nastrucci (lutes). 10.10 Verdi: String Quartet in E minor (arr for string orchestra). English Chamber Orchestra/Pinchas Zukerman. 10.35 Messiaen: Amen des etoiles et de la planete de l'anneau (Visions de L'Amen). Martha Argerich and Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos). 10.41 Handel: Total Eclipse (Samson). Mark Padmore (tenor), English Concert/Andrew Manze. 10.47 Crumb: Music of the Starry Night (Makrokosmos III). Luz Manriquez and Walter Morales (pianos), Nena Lorenz, Brian Spurgeon, Michael Passaris, Mark Shope (percussion), Juan Pablo Izquierdo (conductor). 10.59 Holst: The Planets. Halle Orchestra, The Ladies of the Halle Choir/Mark Elder. 11.49 Colin Matthews: Pluto - The Renewer. Halle Orchestra, The Ladies of the Halle Choir/Mark Elder. 11.57 Idle/Du Prez: Galaxy Song. Eric Idle (voice).