Friday - 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. 29: Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Etude, Op. 40 No. 1
Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
- BMG 74321 66975-2.
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Sullivan
Overture: Iolanthe
Performers: Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
- EMI CDS 7478318.
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9.10: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A, BWV 1055
Performers: Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord), Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 477 0132.
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Bedrich Smetana
Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride, Act III)
Performers: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 388-2.
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9.30am
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Today's Brainteaser
Only Connect
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.32: Artist of the Week - Bernard Haitink
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Maurice Ravel - Alborado del gracioso
Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Sonata in F, Op. 1 No. 2
Performers: The Locatelli Trio
- HYPERION CDD22061.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Habanera, Op 21 No 2
Performers: Alfredo Campoli (violin), Daphne Ibbott (piano)
- DECCA 433 938-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- LSO LIVE LSO0056.
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10.30: Imogen Stubbs' Choices
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Shaun Davey
The Shipwreck and Illyria (from the music for the film Twelfth Night)
Performers: Irish National Film Orchestra, Fiachra Trench (conductor)
- SILVA SCREEN FILMCD186.
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James Whitbourn
Kyrie (from Annelies)
Performers: Westminster Williamson Voices, Bharat Chandra (clarinet), The Lincoln Trio, James Jordan (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.573070.
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Johannes Brahms
Es tΓΆnt ein voller Harflenklang (GesΓ€nge Op. 17 No. 1)
Performers: Jan Schroeder, Hans-Ulrich Winkler (horns); Julia Raines Hahn (harp), North German Radio Chorus, GΓΌnter Jena (conductor)
- DG 449 646-2.
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Claude Debussy
Poissons d'or (Images II)
Performers: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
- DG 00289 477 8382.
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11am: The Story of Music
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
- RCA RD86210(2).
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JeanβPhilippe Rameau
Chaconne (Les indes galantes)
Performers: Les musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- DG 00289 477 8497.
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