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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Artist of the Week: Christopher Hogwood: Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme (excerpts). Plus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor; Essential Choice: Brahms: Symphony No 1.

with Rob Cowan, sharing great music and performances.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including the Essential CD of the Week: Violin Romances, Arthur Grumiaux.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Christopher Hogwood:
R Strauss (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: excerpts); Beethoven (Symphony no 8). Also in this hour, Mozart's Fantasia in D minor (Mitsuko Uchida), and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is Marcus du Sautoy, the current Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science. Today he introduces music he would perform if he was a virtuoso, and Rob acts as a personal shopper, playing a piece he hopes Marcus will enjoy.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Brahms
Symphony no 1
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor).

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Fri 16 Sep 2011 09:00
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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Prelude for piano no 1

    Performers: Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)

    • CBS CD39699 tk 2.

  • Purcell ed Britten

    Chacony

    Performers: English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)

    • LONDON 425 160 2 tk 1.

  • Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda

    Morceau de Salon

  • Essential CD of the Week

    • Johan Svendsen

      Romance in G

      Performers: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), New Philharmonia Orhestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 442 8290 tk 7.

  • Jaime Texidor

    Amparito Roca

    Performers: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 349 2 tk 7.

  • Artist of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F, BWV1047

      Performers: The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (director/harpsichord)

      • L’OISEAU-LYRE 414 187-2 CD 1 Tks 4-6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K.397

    Performers: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

    • PHILIPS 412 123 2 tk 7.

  • Artist of the Week

    • Richard Strauss

      Menuett, Der Fechtmeister, Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

      Performers: Basel Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

      • ARTE NOVA 82876 61103 2 tks 11, 12, 13.

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony no 8

      Performers: The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (director)

      • L’OISEAU LYRE 425 695 2 tks 5 - 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no 2 in D minor BWV 1008

    Performers: Pierre Fournier (cello)

    • DG 449 712 2 CD 1 tks 7 – 12.

  • My Essential Choice

    • Johannes Brahms

      Symphony no 1

      Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

      • EMI 648 316 2 CD 3 tks 1 - 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del Gracioso

    Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SM3K45842 CD 3 tk 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Sep 2011 09:00
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