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Friday - Rob Cowan

A selection of music, including the daily brainteaser and Proms Artist Recommends. Plus Rob Cowan's guest is political cartoonist and novelist, Martin Rowson.

A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Le Boeuf Sur le Toit - Renaud Capuçon (violin), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding (conductor), VIRGIN 545482 2; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.

10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. Each day an artist performing later today in the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms recommends three musical works, and on Essential Classics we'll play one of those pieces around 10am.

10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the political cartoonist and novelist, Martin Rowson. His work frequently appears in The Guardian and The Independent. He also contributes freelance cartoons to other publications, such as The Daily Mirror and the Morning Star. Martin's books include graphic adaptations of The Waste Land and Tristram Shandy. His first novel Snatches is a comic journey through history, while Stuff is part autobiography, part history of his family and upbringing. In 2008 he published The Dog Allusion: Gods, Pets and How to Be Human. Martin is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society and a supporter of the British Humanist Association. He has been appointed 'Cartoonist Laureate' of London, and in 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Journalism from the University of Westminster.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Coates: London Again Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor).

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  • Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in E flat, RV 483 – 1st mvt: Presto

    Performers: Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L'Aura Soave Cremona

    • NAÏVE OP 30518.

  • Auber

    Overture to Masaniello (La muette de Portici)

    Performers: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 309-2.

  • Bach, arr Feinberg

    Choral-Prelude "Allein Gott in der HΓΆh sei Ehr", BWV 662

    Performers: Samuel Feinberg (piano)

    • MELODIYA/RCA 74321 25175 2 2.

  • 9.20: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Maurice Ravel

      Tzigane

      Performers: Renaud Capuçon (violin), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding (conductor)

      • VIRGIN 545482 2.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Only Connect

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

  • Franz Schubert

    String Trio in B flat major, D.471

    Performers: Willi Boskowsky (violin), Rudolf Strassner (viola), Robert Scheiwein (cello)

    • DECCA 480 4712.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for strings, Op. 11

    Performers: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

    • EMI 5 57855 2.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanschina - Act 1 Prelude, 'Dawn over the Moscow river'

    Performers: Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    • DG 439 892-2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, op.111

    Performers: Richard Goode (piano)

    • NONESUCH 979 211-2.

  • 10.30: Martin Rowson's Choices

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      St Matthew Passion: 'Kommt, ihr TΓΆchter, helft mir Klagen'

      Performers: The Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

      • ARCHIV 469 769-2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: Mvt 4, 'March to the Scaffold'

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

    • LSO LIVE LSO007.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Visions fugitives, Op. 22: Nos. 3, 5, 10, 11 & 17

    Performers: Emil Gilels (piano)

    • ICA CLASSICS ICAC 5077.

  • Francesco Canova da Milano

    Fantasia (28)

    Performers: Paul O'Dette (lute)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907557.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Eric Coates

      London Again Suite

      Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

      • AVIE AV 2070.

  • 11.21am

    • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

      Concerto for Orchestra

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal DorΓ‘ti (conductor)

      • MERCURY 432 017-2.

  • Eric Coates

    London Again Suite

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Concerto for Orchestra

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