Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Aurora's Wedding (Montreal Symphony Orchestra); Proms Artist Recommends; author Aminatta Forna.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week - Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker; Aurora's Wedding. Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit: DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 6549; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is Aminatta Forna, the award-winning author of The Memory of Love and Ancestor Stones. Her latest novel, The Hired Man, was published earlier this year. As well as novels, she has also published short stories and was a finalist for the 2010 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award. Her essays and articles have appeared in Granta, The Times, The Observer and Vogue. She has guest-presented Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio's Open Book and Saturday Review, and is currently a judge for the 2013 International Man Booker Prize. Aminatta is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, and from September 2013 she will be Sterling Brown Distinguished Visiting Professor at Williams College, Massachusetts.
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Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.
Music Played
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard in D minor, K.517
Performers: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI DHM RD 77224.
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9.02am
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Dohnanyi
Rondo (Suite in F sharp minor, Op. 19)
Performers: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
- AAM RECORDINGS 37101 3786-2.
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9.11am
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S. Willaert
Vecchie letrose
Performers: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
- ALIA VOX AV9814.
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9.14: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Pas de Deux of Aurora and Prince DesirΓ©; Finale
Performers: MontrΓ©al Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
- DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 6549.
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9.30am
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Edward Elgar
Harmony Music No. 1
Performers: Athena Ensemble
- CHANDOS CHAN 241-33.
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9.41am
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Marche Slave
Performers: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor)
- EMI 026486-2.
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9.53am
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Oboe Concerto Op.9 No.5 in C
Performers: Heinz Holliger (oboe), I Musici with Maria Teresa Garatti (harpsichord)
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94054.
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10am: Proms Artists Recommend: Vladimir Jurowski
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (Linz version, 1866): Scherzo
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
- DG 469 8102.
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10.14am
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A, Op.12 No.2
Performers: Josef Suk (violin), Jan Panenka (piano)
- SUPRAPHON SU4077-2.
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10.30: Aminatta Forna's Choice
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William Walton
Presto, con malizia (Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor)
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, AndrΓ© Previn (conductor)
- RCA GD87830.
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10.42: Aminatta Forna's Choices
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 18 in G sharp minor
Performers: Friedrich Gulda (piano)
- PHILIPS 446 545-2.
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10.42: Rob's Personal Shopper piece for Aminatta
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 18 in G sharp minor
Performers: Friedrich Gulda (piano)
- PHILIPS 446 545-2.
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10.51am
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Aldemaro Romero
Fuga con pajarillo
Performers: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
- DG 477 9154.
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