About this programme

With Sarah Walker. Including the Essential CD of the Week: Grieg - Lyric Pieces, with Leif Ove Andsnes performing on Grieg's piano at Troldhaugen. 9.30 The daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Belgian countertenor and conductor René Jacobs. 10.30 To mark the opening of the Olympic Games in London today, Sarah's guest is sportsman and writer Ed Smith. 11.00 Sarah's Essential Choice. Beethoven: 15 Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme (Eroica Variations, Op 35). Wilhelm Kempff (piano).