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Tuesday - 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; Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5.

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
Classical Consequences
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the story and tell us what happens next.

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
This week Rob's Essential Choices at 11am are inspired by ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music's Ten Pieces to open up the world of classical music to children across the UK.
He takes listeners on a musical journey, each day recommending a work that's connected to one of the Ten Pieces.
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor).

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Tue 30 Sep 2014 09:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 29, 'Wir danken dir Gott, wir danken dir')

    Performer: Herman Stinders. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Armida (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorΓ‘ti.
    • Philips.

  • CD of the Week

    • Luca Marenzio

      'Dolorosi martir', from 1st Book of Madrigals

      Ensemble: La Compagnia del Madrigale.
      • Glossa.

  • Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

    • Maurice Ravel

      Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine

      Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
      • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Legends.

  • Matthew Locke

    Suite in E minor from Tripla Concordia

    Ensemble: Wayward Sisters.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus, op.43: Finale

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • 419608-2.
    • DG.
    • 18.

  • Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

    • Joseph Haydn

      Piano Concerto in D, Hob 18:11

      Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
      • EMI.

  • Gustav Mahler

    'Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen'

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: Faure Quartet.
    • Sony.

  • Hanif Kureishi's Choice No.1

    • Claude Debussy

      Pagodes (Estampes)

      Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
      • DECCA.

  • Hanif Kureishi's Choice No.2

    • David Bowie

      Moss Garden

      • EMI.

  • William Byrd

    The March before the Battle [The Earl of Oxford's march]

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Essential Choice

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No. 4 in F minor, op.36

      Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky. Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.
      • DG.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata no.1 in A (Six Quartets for violin, flute, viola da gamba and continuo)

    Ensemble: Les Ombres.
    • Mirare.

Musical Challenge - Classical Consequences

Beethoven's 3rd Symphony was inspired by the revolutionary ideals embodied in Napoleon Bonaparte. So when it came to giving the symphony a title, only one word would do: Bonaparte. In May of the following year, Beethoven's friend Ferdinand Ries broke the news to him that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor. What happened next?


Beethoven's friend Ferdinand Ries said, 'I was the first to tell him the news that Bonaparte had declared himself Emperor, whereupon he flew into a rage and exclaimed, 'So he too is nothing more than a common mortal! Now he too will trample underfoot the rights of Man, indulge only his own ambition; he will think himself superior to all men, become a tyrant!' Beethoven went to the table, grasped the top of the title-page, tore it in half and flung it to the floor. The page had to be recopied, and only then did the symphony receive the title Sinfonia Eroica.

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  • Tue 30 Sep 2014 09:00
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