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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: All Shall Be Well: Exultate Singers; Historian Peter Hennessy's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Elgar: Symphony No 1.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: All Shall Be Well: Exultate Singers, David Ogden - NAXOS 8.57276.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, conductor Adrian Boult.

10.30am
This week Britain celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, only the second British monarch to celebrate 60 years on the throne. Rob Cowan's guest is the historian Lord Hennessy, who since 1992 has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He shares his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op. 55
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
ICA ICAC 5063.

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Fri 8 Jun 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Leos JanÑček

    Celandensky (Lachian Dance No. 5)

    Performers: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572695.

  • 9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Gustav Holst

      Nunc dimittis

      Performers: Exultate Singers, Rebecca Quiney (soprano), Oliver Condy (tenor), David Ogden (director)

      • NAXOS 8.572750.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in B flat RV 43

    Performers: Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta, Andres Gabetta (conductor)

    • SONY 88697932302.

  • 9.17:

    • Johannes Brahms

      Fantasies Op. 76 Nos. 2 - 5

      Performers: Richard Goode (piano)

      • NONESUCH 79154 2.

  • 9.32:

    • Richard Wagner - Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I

      Performers: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor)

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor K.77

    Performers: Valerio Losito (viola d’amore), Andrea Coen (harpsichord)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94242.

  • 9.50: Artist of the Week - Adrian Boult

    • Eric Coates

      Summer Days Suite

      Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

      • LYRITA SRCD 246.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Morceau de Concert

    Performers: Michael Thompson (horn), Philip Fowke (piano)

    • EMI CDEMX 2289.

  • 10.14: Artist of the Week - Adrian Boult

    • Maurice Ravel

      Daphnis and ChloΓ© Suite No. 2

      Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

      • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ LEGENDS ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔL 4039.

  • 10.30: Lord Hennessy's Choices

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Diabelli Variations: Theme & Variations 1 – 10

      Performers: Michael Leslie (piano)

      • TELOS MUSIC TLS 110.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Mass in F minor (Kyrie)

    Performers: Maria Stader (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Eugen Jochum (conductor)

    • DG 423 130 2.

  • Playford

    An Italian Rant

    Performers: Les Witches

    • ALPHA 502.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Edward Elgar

      Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op. 55

      Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

      • ICA ICAC 5063.

  • 11.46:

    • Claude Debussy

      Preludes, Book II (excerpts): Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest; La fille aux cheveux de lin; La

      Performers: Alexei Lubimov (piano)

      • ECM 476 4735.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book I (excerpts)

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  • Fri 8 Jun 2012 09:00
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