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Rob Cowan

Sunday Morning

Rob Cowan presents three hours of great music, featuring the best recordings from the archive and the present day. Today with music by Haydn, Pisendel and Prokofiev. Plus a challenge for your innocent ear.

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Sun 18 Mar 2012 09:00

BBC Radio 3

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Study No. 21 for player piano

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- MDG 626 1716-2, track 27.
Giacomo Puccini

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Symphony No. 78 in C minor

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Impressions, Part Two: Nos. 86-89

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Benjamin Britten

Rhapsody for string quartet

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- EMI 2 17526 2, Disc 9, track 1.
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Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 74: The Revolution; The Vi

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Canzona in D minor BWV 588

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Lakmé: Bell Song

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François Couperin

Air & Chaconne (Concert for two cellos)

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Sonata No. 5 in C

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Alexander Glazunov

String Quartet No. 4 in A minor Op. 64: ii Andante

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