Tuesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan, whose guest this week is actress Imogen Stubbs. Plus the Story of Music in 50 Pieces with Howard Goodall.
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. 23: Beethoven: String Quartet, Op.131.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Third galop (Cinderella, Act III)
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
- EMI CZS 568604 2.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Overture: Euryanthe
Performers: Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
- DG 453 486-2.
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9.12: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
4 Duets, BWV 802-5
Performers: Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
- ARCHIV 477 0132.
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Jules Massenet
Cortege (Scenes de feerie)
Performers: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ERATO 2292-45858-2.
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9.30am
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Today's Brainteaser
Critics' Corner
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Minuet in D, K.355
Performers: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
- PHILIPS 422 727-2.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South, Waltz, Op. 388
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- DECCA 417 706-2.
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9.45: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
In the Fen Country
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- EMI CDC 5 56762 2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- LSO LIVE LSO 0587.
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10.30: Imogen Stubbs' Choices
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Benjamin Britten
'Noye, take thy wife anone' (Noyes Fludde, Op. 59)
Performers: Trevor Anthony (The Voice of God), The English Opera Group, Norman Del Mar (conductor)
- DECCA 425 161-2.
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Stanley Myers
Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)
Performer: John Williams.Performers: John Williams (guitar), Orchestra, Stanley Myers (conductor)
- CAPITOL CDP 792058-2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Orpheus with his lute
Performer: Allan Clayton. Performer: James Baillieu.Performers: David DanielsΒ (countertenor), Martin KatzΒ (piano)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 5 45400 2.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 6 in D flat
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 00289 477 8473.
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11am: The Story of Music
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Performers: The Amadeus Quartet
- DG 423 473-2.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- PHILIPS 462 868-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Am Donaustrande (Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52)
Performers: Swiss Radio and TV Chorus, Gabriela Montero & Martha Argerich (pianos), Diego Fasolis (conductor)
- DG 477 9884.
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