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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Folk Dances; Artist of the Week: Hilliard Ensemble; Rob's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor.

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. His guest is the chef Monica Galetti.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... folk dances'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys works based on folk themes by Arnold, Grieg, Bartok and Bruch.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the chef Monica Galetti. Well known for her role as a judge on the cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals, Monica is the Senior Sous Chef at top London restaurant Le Gavroche. Monica will be sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble. Regarded as one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, The Hilliards have established a formidable reputation both for their interpretations of early music and for their premieres of works by living composers. As they celebrate their 40th anniversary and prepare for their final performance, Rob showcases favourite recordings chosen especially by the members of the ensemble.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (original version)
Alexander Ghindin (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor).

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Wed 17 Dec 2014 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in E flat minor, Op.23 no.9

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Overture in D major

    Ensemble: Musica Viva. Conductor: Alexander Rudin.
    • FUGALIBERA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lucio Silla (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mozart Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • DG.

  • 5 Reasons to love... Folk Dances

    • Edvard Grieg

      Folk Dances, Op 17

      Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
      • NAIM.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia in G minor

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

      Officium Defunctorum: Taedet Animam Meam

      Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
      • ECM NEW SERIES.

  • Aaron Copland

    The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch; Walk to the Bunkhouse

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • NAXOS.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pha毛ton, Op 39

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • DECCA.

  • Monica Galetti's Choice No. 1

    • Erik Satie

      Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire: No. 1 L鈥檈ntement & No. 2 Enleve

      Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Monica Galetti's Choice No. 2

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major (Air)

      Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steven Mercurio.
      • eONE.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • Johannes Ockeghem

      Requiem: Graduale, Si ambulem

      Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
      • Virgin.

  • Jean [1865-1957] Sibelius

    En Saga Op.9

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    10 Pieces for piano (Op.24), no.9; Romance in D flat major

    Performer: Folke Gr盲sbeck.
    • The Sibelius Edition: Volume 4: Piano Music I.
    • Bis.

  • Essential Choice

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (original version)

      Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Alexander Ghindin.
      • ONDINE.

  • Ian Hope

    Can it Be True?

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 麻豆约拍 Singers. Conductor: David Hill. Lyricist: Susan Hill.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • Arvo P盲rt

      Passio: Part IV Tunc ergo tradidit eis illum ut crucifigeretur

      Choir: The Western Wind Chamber Choir. Director: Paul Hillier. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
      • ECM.

Recording Rewind

The music played in reverse was the opening of the Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens.

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  • Wed 17 Dec 2014 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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