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Ulster Orchestra - Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky

Sunday Concert JoAnn Falletta leads the Ulster Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.

Essential Classics

Thursday - Rob Cowan

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Duration: 3 hours

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: English Idylls - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Neville Marriner (conductor) PHILIPS 442 8415.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Martha Argerich. Today we hear her in a selection from Schumann's Kinderszenen and in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is science writer, broadcaster and professor of genetics Prof. Steve Jones. Today he shares with Rob the work that first sparked his interest in classical music, and a piece he'd love to play if he were a virtuoso.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice.

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 6149429am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: English Idylls - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Neville Marriner (conductor) PHILIPS 442 8415.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Martha Argerich. Today we hear her in a selection from Schumann's Kinderszenen and in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is science writer, broadcaster and professor of genetics Prof. Steve Jones. Today he shares with Rob the work that first sparked his interest in classical music, and a piece he'd love to play if he were a virtuoso.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice.

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 614942.

Music played

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Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • Artist Image for Louis Couperin

    Louis Couperin Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins (18th ordre, Pieces de clavecin)

    Performers: Bruno Procopio (harpsichord)

    PARATY 409 212

  • Artist Image for Hector Berlioz

    Hector Berlioz Overture: Benvenuto Cellini

    Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden, Colin Davis (conductor)

    RCA 09026687902

  • Artist Image for Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven 2 Scottish folk songs: Faithfu’ Johnie op 108 no 20; Come Fill, Fill, my Good Fellow op 108 no 13

    Performers: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Trio Fontenay

    PHILIPS 442 784 2

  • 9.19: Rob's CD of the Week

    • Artist Image

      Foulds April – England

      Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      PHILIPS 442 8416

  • Artist Image for Johann Pachelbel

    Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D

    Performers: Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (director)

    DG 477 8299

  • 9.35: Artist of the Week - Martha Argerich

    • Artist Image for Robert Schumann

      Robert Schumann Wichtige Begebenheit; Träumerei; Am Kamin; Ritter vom Steckenpferd (nos 6 – 9 of Kinderszenen op 17)

      Performers: Martha Argerich (piano)

      EMI 094045 2

  • Artist Image for Carl Maria von Weber

    Carl Maria von Weber Jubel Overture

    Performers: Hallé Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

    IMP PCD1105

  • 9.55: Artist of the Week - Martha Argerich

    • Artist Image for Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev

      Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Piano Concerto no 3 in C op 26

      Performers: Martha Argerich (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)

      EMI 094034 2

  • Artist Image for Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 865 from Bk 1 of the Well Tempered Klavier

    Performers: Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)

    MIRARE MIR 9930

  • 10.30: Steve Jones' Choices

    • Artist Image

      Sullivan When a felon’s not engaged in his employment (A policeman’s lot is not a happy one)

      Performers: Sergeant of Police: Owen Brannigan (bass), The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey (conductor)

      LONDON 425 196 2

  • Artist Image for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata in C minor K 457

    Performers: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

    PHILIPS 412 617 2

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Artist Image for Richard Strauss

      Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra op 30

      Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)

      RCA 09026 614942

  • Artist Image for Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Salve Regina

    Performers: Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin & director)

    VIRGIN CLASSICS 363340 2

  • Artist Image for Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Sonata for organ in B flat op 65 no 4

    Performers: Wouter van den Broek (organ of the Old Church, Delft)

    BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94212

  • Today's Brainteaser Answer

    Who am I? Answer: Harriet Cohen (pianist)

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