Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Alexis Weissenberg, the Champagne Pianist; Proms Artist Recommends; Rob's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Elijah - Part 2 (opening).
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Alexis Weissenberg, The Champagne Pianist; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
Proms Artist Recommends. A chance to hear one of the three musical works recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Rob's guest this week, which includes the Festival of Eid-al-Fitr, is Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE, a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim. She grew up in Iran and has written extensively on the country and its politics. In the UK, she is a founding member of the Muslim Women's Network and has served on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Office's working groups, on "engaging with women" and "preventing extremism together". She received her OBE for services to equal opportunities.
11am
Essential Choice
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Part 2 (opening)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Gisela Schröter (contralto)
Peter Scheier (tenor)
Elijah:Theo Adam (bass)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Radio Choir
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor).
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Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.
Music Played
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Isaac AlbΓ©niz
Tango, Op. 165 No. 2
Performers: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano)
- PHILIPS PHCP-4936.
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9.03am
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Zampa Overture
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- DECCA 480 0023.
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9.11am
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Felix Mendelssohn
Verleih' uns Frieden
Performers: Corydon Singers, John Scott (organ), English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
- HYPERION CDH55268.
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9.17: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Performers: Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
- EMI 679086-2.
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9.30am
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Alexander Kopylov
Polka
Performers: Vertavo String Quartet
- SIMAX PSC 1178.
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9.38am
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Kyrie (Missa Solemnis, Op.123)
Performers: Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
- EMI 993540-2.
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9.59am
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in E flat, Op.74 'The Harp'
Performers: Takacs Quartet
- DECCA 470 847-2.
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10.30: Haleh Afshar's Choice
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Gioachino Rossini
Barber of Seville: "Largo al factotum"
Performers: Tito Gobbi (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera (conductor)
- EMI CDM 76307-2.
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10.41: Rob's Personal Shopper piece for Haleh Afshar
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Karol Szymanowski
Preludes, Op. 1: No. 2 in D minor; No. 7 in C minor; No. 8 in E flat minor
Performers: Maria Yudina (piano)
- BRILLIANT 8909.
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10.54am
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Edward Elgar
Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op.62
Performers: Michael Chapman (bassoon), Northern Sinfonia, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- EMI CDM 565593-2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah, Opening of Part II
Performers: Elly Ameling, Christel Klug & Roswitha Trexler (sopranos), Ingrid Wandelt & Gisela Schröter (contraltos), Peter Scheier (tenor), Elijah: Theo Adam (bass), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Radio Choir, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 437 368-2.
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11.24am
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in B flat, K.595
Performers: Emil Gilels (piano), Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm (conductor)
- DG 479 0059-2.
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