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Friday - Rob Cowan with Bonnie Greer

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Concert Overtures; Artist of the Week: Maria Joao Pires; Essential Choice: Telemann: Burlesque de Don Quichotte.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Concert Overtures'. Throughout the week Rob offers a selection of his favourite overtures which were composed specifically for the concert hall. His choice includes music by Szymanowski, Dvorak, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

9.30am
Classical Consequences: Take part in our daily musical challenge and listen to the story and see if you can tell us what happens next.

10am
Rob's guest this week is playwright, novelist and critic Bonnie Greer. Originally from Chicago, now living in London, she is an award-winning playwright having gained a Verity Bargate Award and an OBE for her contribution to the arts in 2010. She has appeared regularly on Newsnight Review and has served on the boards of many leading arts organisations, including the Royal Opera House and the British Museum. She is a self-professed classical musical fan and wrote an opera in 2011 inspired by her appearance alongside BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time.

10.30am
This week Rob's Artist of the Week is Maria Joao Pires, one of the finest pianists of her generation, whose performances are celebrated for their integrity, eloquence, and vitality. Rob showcases her recordings of works by the great classical and romantic composer/pianists, including Mozart, Schubert and Chopin.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Telemann
Burlesque de Don Quichotte
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage (Director).

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Fri 20 Mar 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Joseph Martin Kraus

    Elmira鈥檚 Dance (from the ballet 鈥楽oliman II鈥�)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital Vivaldi.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • 5 Reasons to Love...Concert Overtures

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      The Storm - overture Op.76

      Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
      • PHILIPS.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Gyermekeknek (For Children): a selection

    Performer: Kl谩ra W眉rtz.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.

  • George Enescu

    Aria and Scherzino

    Performer: Remus Azoitei. Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hunnenschlacht

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`7

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.

  • Bonnie Greer's Choice No. 1

    • Franz Schubert

      Winterreise, D911; 鈥榃asserflut鈥� (Flood)

      Performer: J枚rg Demus. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
      • DG.

  • Rob's choice for Bonnie Greer

    • Steve Reich

      Different Trains (America, Before the War)

      Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
      • NONESUCH.

  • Artist of the Week: Maria Joao Pires

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat major, K 449

      Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
      • DG.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon

    Performer: Viola Tunnard. Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk.
    • HERITAGE.

  • Essential Choice

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Burlesque de Quixotte

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

  • Robert Schumann

    Humoreske in B flat major Op. 20

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • MEAOANR.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacree et danse profane

    Performer: Dane Johansen. Performer: Bridget Kibbey. Performer: Erin Keefe. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Scott Pingel. Performer: Kristin Lee.
    • MUSIC@MENLO.

Classical Consequences

One evening, Corelli was requested to play a piece for solo violin he had recently composed to an audience of well-to-do individuals. The performance started off without incident, but in the middle, some of the audience members started talking, quietly at first, and then more loudly, at which point Corelli put down his instrument. What happened next?

They asked him if there was anything the matter with him. Corelli replied, through gritted teeth, that there was nothing the matter, but he was afraid his playing might be disturbing their conversation.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Mar 2015 09:00
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