Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works; Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky; Rob's Essential Choice: Palestrina: Stabat Mater.
with Rob Cowan and his guest, the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works ? Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev: NEWTON CLASSICS. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman. A graduate of RADA, Henry has twice won the Olivier Award for his stage performances: in 1993 for Assassins, directed by Sam Mendes, and again in 2000 for The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn. His many stage appearances include, for the Royal National Theatre: Angels in America, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Guys and Dolls; for the Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III (in the title role), Henry V and The Comedy of Errors; and Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2010 Henry played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Chichester Festival. His television work includes guest appearances in a host of series, including Spooks, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Foyle's War, and he has also appeared in films such as Taking Woodstock, The Damned United and Notting Hill.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Palestrina
Stabat mater
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Mark Brown (conductor)
BRILLIANT.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Bergomask (Dance of the Rustics) (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.- EMI.
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Alexander Glazunov
Ouverture solennelle, Op 73
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in B flat, K269
Performer: Josef Suk. Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Libor HlavΓ‘Δek.- Eurodisc.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Ballet Music (Macbeth)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- EMI.
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Classic Cadenza
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Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
Performer: Samson François.- EMI.
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Classic Cadenza
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Johann Strauss II
Acceleration Waltz, Op 234
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- Sony.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in C minor, Op 66
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Leonard Pennario.- Sony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in D minor for 2 violins (II. Largo, ma non tanto)
Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Sony.
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Kurt Weill
I'm a stranger here myself (One Touch of Venus
Singer: Teresa Stratas. Orchestra: Y Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Nonesuch Records.
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Edward Elgar
Romance, Op 62
Performer: Michael Chapman (bassoon). Performer: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor).- EMI.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Stabat mater
Choir: Pro Cantione Antiqua. Conductor: Mark Brown.- Brilliant.
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Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, Op 102
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein.- Sony.
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Gretry
Zemire et Azor (ballet music)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor).- EMI.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Classic Cadenza
The cadenza was by Max Reger for Brahms' Violin Concerto.
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The music played:
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Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, op 77
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
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