Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Hanif Kureishi
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals; Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli; Essential Choice: Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans).
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
Relative Values
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music's Ten Pieces - chosen 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.
Berlioz
The Trojans: Royal Hunt and Storm
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).
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Music Played
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Paul Dukas
La PΓ©ri (Fanfare)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Prelude to Act 1
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- EMI.
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CD of the Week
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Luca Marenzio
'Madonna mia gentil', from 1st Book of Madrigals
Ensemble: La Compagnia del Madrigale.- Glossa.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 38 in C. Hob 1:38
Conductor: Frans BrΓΌggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- Philips.
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Relative Values
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Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Mazurka in C, op.68 no.1; Mazurka in F minor, op.68 no.4
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso no.4 in A minor, HWV 322
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- Harmonia Mundi.
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George Gershwin
'I Got Rhythm' Variations for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Steven Richman. Ensemble: Harmonia Ensemble New York. Performer: Lincoln Mayorga.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
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Claude Debussy
Images, Book 1
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- DG.
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Claude Debussy
Images, Book 2
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- DG.
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Hanif Kureishi's Choice No. 1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B minor
Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels. Music Arranger: Siloti, Alexander.- MUSIC & ARTS.
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Hanif Kureishi's Choice No. 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G minor, K516; 3rd mvt, Adagio ma non troppo
Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio.- PHILIPS.
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Essential Choice
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Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm (Les Troyens)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO Live.
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CΓ©sar Franck
Piano Quintet
Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Leonard Pennario. Performer: William Primrose. Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Israel Baker.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, K 165
Singer: Sylvia McNair. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Philips.
Musical Challenge - Relative Values
Answer:
Schoenberg and Gershwin were friends and tennis partners.
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The music played:
Schoenberg
String Trio, op.45
The Leopold String Trio
HYPERION
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Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (original 'jazz band' version)
Lincoln Mayorga (piano)
Harmonia Ensemble New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
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