Thursday - Rob Cowan with John Hegley
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Tone Poems; musical challenge; Artists of the Week: the Beaux Arts Trio; Rob's Essential Choice: Handel: Ballet music (Alcina).
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...tone poems'. Throughout the week Rob showcases composers who use their music to illustrate or evoke a poem, story or landscape, from Liadov's Russian fairytale piece Kikimora to a trip through the wide open spaces of the Fen landscape with Vaughan Williams' In the Fen Country to the battle conjured up by Biber in his Battalia.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?
10am
Performance poet, musician and songwriter John Hegley shares his favourite classical music with Rob. One of the country's most popular contemporary poets, John is well known for his books including New and Selected Potatoes, My dog is a carrot and Peace, Love & Potatoes.
10.30am
Rob's artists of the week are the Beaux Arts Trio. One of the finest piano trios of all time, the Beaux Arts Trio played together for over 50 years and received critical and popular acclaim for their highly vital and refined performances. Throughout the week Rob dips into their rich recorded legacy, exploring their interpretations of works by composers including Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Beethoven, Smetana and Fauré.
11am
After last week's exploration of the music from great Romantic ballets, Rob goes back to an earlier era with his Essential Choices for the week as he showcases Baroque ballet scores.
Handel
Alcina - ballet music
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).
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Paul Graener
Three Swedish Dances Op.98 – No.2 – Östergörth
Conductor: Alun Francis. Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester.- CPO.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
3 Fantasies Op.11 – Dolce scherzando
Performer: Niklas Sivelöv.- NAXOS.
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Pietro Paolo Bencini
Introduzione a Quattro
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- ARCHIV.
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César Franck
Le Chasseur maudit
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.- RCA.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Alma Redemptoris mater à 8
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Victoria: Devotion to Our Lady: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
- Collins Classics.
- 9.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in A Hob XV No.35
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- PHILIPS.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte arr. for orchestra [orig. piano]
Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.- Ravel: Orchestral works: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Dutoit.
- Decca.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavotte en Rondeau (Partita for solo violin in E major, BWV1006)
Performer: Andrés Segovia.- DG.
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Jim Parker
Middlesex
Orchestra: Apollon Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Chernaik.- MERIDIAN.
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George Frideric Handel
Alessandro (Overture)
Orchestra: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Handel: Arias and Duets from the era of 'The Rival Queens'.
- Hyperion.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No.2 in F Op.80
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- PHILIPS.
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George Frideric Handel
Il Pastor Fido - ballet music
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. -
Hildegard von Bingen
O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium)
Performer: Elizabeth Gaver. Performer: Elisabetta de Mircovich. Ensemble: Sequentia.- DEWDR.
Imperfect Harmony
Beethoven
Symphony No. 1: 1st movement
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER
Ravel
Bolero
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA
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