Friday - Rob Cowan with Geraldine James
With Rob Cowan. Including Reasons to Love Schumann songs; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: the LaSalle Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Haydn: Symphony No 104.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs.' Amongst the greatest musical achievements of the nineteenth century, each day this week Rob will handpick a great interpreter to showcase these miniature marvels.
9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery composer.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the actress Geraldine James. An award-winning actress of both stage and screen, Geraldine will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Tallis, Schubert and Bach, every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features the LaSalle Quartet. A personal favourite of Rob's, he will be exploring this American string quartet's finest recordings by composers including Brahms, Wolf, Beethoven and Debussy, as well as their renowned interpretations of Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.
11.15am
This week Rob showcases Haydn masterpieces
Haydn
Symphony No.104 in D
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugen Jochum (conductor).
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Music Played
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Michael Haydn
Divertimento in A MH299: Menuetto
Ensemble: Marcolini Quartet.- ETCETERA.
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Igor Stravinsky
Le baiser de la fée: Divertimento
Performer: Mark Wait. Performer: Carolyn Huebl.- NAXOS.
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Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Marosszék
Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs
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Robert Schumann
Er, der Herrlichste von allen, Op 42 No 2; Ich kann's nicht fassen, Op 42 No 3
Performer: Erik Werba. Singer: Irmgard Seefried.- DG ELOQUENCE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr
Performer: Paul Jacobs. Composer: Ferruccio Busoni.- ARBITER.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Otello (Act 3: Ballet Music)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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William Byrd
Pavan and Galliard No 2 in C minor
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- WIGMORE HALL LIVE.
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Thomas Tallis
Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter
Ensemble: Tallis Scholars.- GIMELL.
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Anthony Holborne
Lullabie Galliard
Ensemble: Canadian Brass.- Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 1
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George Frideric Handel
Ombra mai fu (Serse)
Performer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G, BWV 1007; Allemande
Performer: Pau Casals.- EMI.
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Rob's choice for Geraldine James
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Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58; 3rd mvt. Adagio
Performer: Emanuel Feuermann. Performer: Franz Rupp.- BIDDULPH.
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Artist of the week: LaSalle Quartet
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet Op.131
Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
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Essential Choice
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Michael Haydn
Symphony No.104 in D
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eugen Jochum.- DG.
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Frédéric Chopin
Scherzo No.4 in E minor Op.54
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.- SONY.
Mystery Composer
The clues:
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My musical career spanned the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I
and Elizabeth I
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I was one of the first composers to set the English liturgy
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In 1575, alongside William Byrd, I was given a joint monopoly on
printing music and music paper by Queen Elizabeth I
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The answer: Thomas Tallis
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