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Rob Cowan

Duration:: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 27 May 2012

Rob Cowan's Sunday selection of music includes piece on the theme of War and Peace, among them John Adams's "The Wound Dresser" and Martinu's "Memorial to Lidice". Plus works by Holst and Ibert, a memory of early music pioneer David Munrow, and this week's Bach Cantata, BWV 34 O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe.

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

Leos Janacek Suite for Orchestra, Op. 3: Allegretto
Performers: Brno State PO, Frantisek Jilek (conductor)
Supraphon, 11 1521 – 2 031, Track 7
Micha? Kleofas Ogi?ski Polonaise in A minor No. 1
Performers: Wanda Landowska, (harpsichord)
Testament, SBT 1380, Track 1
Claude Debussy Marche Ecossaise
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Deneve (conductor)
Chandos, CHSA 5102(2),, Disc 2, track 5
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata: O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe BVW 34
Performers: Christophers, The Sixteen
Coro, 13172, Tracks 3-7
Franz Liszt Gondoliera (Years of Pilgrimage, supplement)
Performers: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
EMI, CZS 62640 2, Disc 2, track 2
Antonin Dvorak Husitska Overture
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann (conductor)
Supraphon, 2 SUP 0028, Track 3
Ludwig van Beethoven Egmont: Der Trommel gerühret
Performers: Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
Decca, 425972-2, Track 6
Bohuslav Martinu Memorial to Lidice H 296
Performers: Prague Radio SO, Vladimir Valek
Praga, PR254050, Track 1
John Adams The Wound Dresser
Performers: Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Oregan SO, Carlos Clamar
Pentatone Classics, PTC 5186393, Track 2
Mieczyslaw Weinberg A couple of movements from the ballet “The Golden Key”
Performers: Gothenburg SO, Thord Svedlund
Chandos, CHSA5089, Tracks 5-12
Giuseppe Verdi Hymn to the Nations
Performers: Jan Peerce (tenor), NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini
RCA Victor, GD60299(2), CD2, Track 11
Gustav Holst The Evening Watch, OP43
Performers: The Purcell Singers, Imogen Holst (conductor)
Decca, 480 2329, 17
George Frideric Handel Samson: Scene 2, “My faith and truth”
Performers: Martina Arroyo (soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter (conductor)
Archiv, 453 245-2, Disc 2, track 11
Jacques Ibert Escales: Valencia
Performers: Dallas SO, Eduardo Mata
Dorian, DOR-90181, 6
[traditional] Greensleeves to a ground
Arranger: David Munrow Performers: David Munrow and the early Music Consort of London
Testament, SBT 1250, 24
[traditional] Basse Danse "Jouyssance Vous Donneray"
Arranger: David Munrow Performers: David Munrow and the early Music Consort of London
Testament, SBT 1250, 1
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov Saxophone Quartet, Op. 109
Performers: Quatuor Habanera
Alpha, 041, 6-13
Emanuel Förster Ariette variée in A
Performers: Edwin Fischer (piano)
Testament, SBT 1218, 7
Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3
Arranger: Jascha Heifetz Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Bay (piano)
Naxos, 8.112072, 21