Monday - Rob Cowan with Hanif Kureishi
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals; Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli; Ten Pieces: Holst: The Planets, Op 32.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. This week his guest is playwright, screenwriter and novelist Hanif Kureishi.
9am
A selection of music including Rob's Essential CD of the Week: Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals performed by La Compagnia del Madrigale.
9.30am
Mapping the Music
Take part in today's music-related challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.
Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Throughout the week we explore recordings by the renowned 20th-century Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Rob showcases his interpretations of Schumann, Haydn, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Beethoven.
10.30am
Rob is joined by Hanif Kureishi, who shares a selection of his favourite classical music. An internationally acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist, Hanif was appointed a CBE in 2007 and was included by The Times in a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He talks to Rob about his award-winning career as well as the role classical music has played in his life.
11am
The Building a Library recommendation of one of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music's Ten Pieces, from last Saturday's CD review.
Holst
The Planets, Op. 32.
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Music Played
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Holst Singers
Six Choral Folksongs, H136; No.4, Song of the Blacksmith
Choir: Baccholian Singers of London.- EMI.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody no.3 in D
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorΓ΅ti.- Mercury.
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CD of the Week
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Luca Marenzio
'Cantava la pi vaga pastorella', from 1st Book of Madrigals
Ensemble: La Compagnia del Madrigale.- Glossa.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051
Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Mapping the Music
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Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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Johannes Brahms
Ballade in B major, Op 10 No 4
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- DG.
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Mapping the Music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Four German Dances, K 602
Ensemble: Vienna Mozart Ensemble. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Philips.
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George Butterworth
Bredon Hill (Bredon Hill)
Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.- Decca.
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Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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Robert Schumann
Faschingsschwank aus Wien, op.26
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- Testament.
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Eric Coates
Television March
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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Hanif Kureishi's Choice No.1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Batti, batti, o bel Masetto', from Don Giovanni
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Graziella Sciutti.- EMI.
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Hanif Kureishi's Choice No.2
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring; Part 1
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- BMG.
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Essential Choice (Building a Library Recommendation)
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Gustav Holst
The Planets, op.32
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Telarc.
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Musical Challenge - Mapping the Music
Answer:
Bredon Hill
The music played:
George Butterworth
'On the Idle Hill of Summer', from On Bredon Hill
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
David Willison (piano)
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