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Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Rob's guest is actress and playwright Imogen Stubbs; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Haydn: Symphony No 93; Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op 8.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach Keyboard Music played by Ralph Kirkpatrick.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, conductor Bernard Haitink.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the actress Imogen Stubbs. She has appeared in many plays throughout her career including spells at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare company. She recently played Mennna in Hamish Pirie's production of Tim Price's new play Salt, Root and Roe for the Donmar Trafalgar which has been nominated for the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. Recent screen work includes a guest lead role in Parents, a comedy drama starring Sally Phillips, and a guest lead on Switch. Imogen is also a writer, co-writing and directing, Snow on Saturday, for which she won Best British Short Film. She has also written two plays, We Happy Few and Grace, and contributed extensively as a writer for newspapers and magazines.

11am
The Story of Music in 50 Pieces
No. 21: Haydn: Symphony No. 93 (Vivace)

11.07am
Brahms: Piano Trio in B, Op.8
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Marche miniature (from the Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43)

    Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 454 253-2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture: Beatrice et Benedict

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

    • DECCA 448 113-2.

  • 9.11: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita in G, BWV 829

      Performers: Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)

      • ARCHIV 477 0132.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who's Dancing?

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • 9.33: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink

    • Gustav Holst

      Jupiter (from The Planets)

      Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

      • BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BSO CB 111/12.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in G minor, RV439, La notte

    Performers: Judith Hall (flute), Divertimenti, Paul Barritt (director)

    • REGIS RRC 1243.

  • Claude Debussy

    Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses (Preludes Book 2)

    Performers: Krystian Zimerman (piano)

    • DG 435 773-2.

  • 10am: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink

    • Franz Schubert

      Symphony No. 3 in D, D.200

      Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

      • BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BSO CD 105/6.

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Slighty tipsy and Swineherds' Dance (Hungarian Sketches)

    Performers: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)

    • HUNGAROTON HSACD 32510.

  • 10.30: Imogen Stubbs' Choices

    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15: Adagio

      Performers: Radu Lupu (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo De Waart (conductor)

      • DECCA 417 776-2.

  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

    Performers: Larry Adler (harmonica), Orchestra, Douglas Gamley (conductor)

    • DECCA 466 133-2.

  • NiccolΓ² Paganini

    Allegro vivace a movimento perpetuo, Op 11

    Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Goran Sollscher (guitar)

    • DG 00289 477 9192.

  • 11am: The Story of Music

    • Joseph Haydn

      Symphony No. 99: Finale Vivace

      Performers: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 468 546-2.

  • The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review

    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Trio in B, Op. 8

      Performers: Augustin Dumay (violin) Jian Wang (cello), Maria Joao Pires (piano)

      • DG 447 055-2.

  • Lyadov

    Polonaise in C, Op 49

    Performers: USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • OLIMPIA OCD 136.

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