Thursday - 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. 27: Schumann: Kreisleriana.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Paques (from the Suite No. 1, Op. 5)
Performers: Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe (pianos)
- NAXOS 8557062.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- DG 415 363-2.
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9.11: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Performers: Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
- ARCHIV 477 0132.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Prelude Pastorale
Performers: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
- EMI 574336-2.
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9.30am
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Today's Brainteaser
Who am I?
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.31: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture: Die Zauberflote
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- EMI CDC 7 47008 2.
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Henry Purcell
Three parts upon a ground in D, Z.731
Performers: London Baroque
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951327.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
- EMI CDC 7 47484 2.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink
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Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen
Performers: Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- PHILIPS 464 322-2.
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Claude Debussy
Rapsodie No 1
Performers: George Pieterson (clarinet), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- PHILIPS 438 743-2.
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10.30: Imogen Stubbs' Choices
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5: Finale
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- LSO LIVE LSO0037.
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Requiem, Op. 48: Agnus Dei
Performers: Netherlands Radio Chorus, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
- PHILIPS 464 701-2.
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Bedrich Smetana
Furiant (Bartered Bride, Act II, scene 2)
Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
- SONY SWK 48279.
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11am: The Story of Music
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Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Performers: Imogen Cooper (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10755.
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Johann Strauss II
Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op 325
Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
- DG.
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Andrea Falconiero
Passacalle a 3
Performers: Daniel Hope (violin)
- DG 00289 477 9165.
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