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Monday - Rob Cowan with Antonia Fraser

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love French Melodies; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Arthur Grumiaux; Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...French Melodies'. With performances of songs by composers including Berlioz, Ravel and Duparc from such diverse singers as Rita Streich, Thomas Hampson, Mady Mespl茅, Leopold Simoneau and Sandrine Piau, Rob explores the wide range of expression this genre offers.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the biographer and novelist Lady Antonia Fraser. The author of many acclaimed historical works including Marie Antoinette and Mary Queen of Scots, Lady Fraser will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Byrd, Mozart and Schubert, every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week Rob features the Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux. A fine pianist as well as a violinist, Grumiaux was known for his graceful performances and purity of tone. Rob features classic recordings of him in repertoire for which he is especially celebrated, including the solo violin music of Bach, as well as works by Mozart, Brahms, Debussy and Faure.

11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake.

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Mon 13 Apr 2015 09:00
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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怣arie Leclair

    Tambourin

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Istvan Hadju.
    • Favourite Violin Encores.
    • DECCA.
    • 010.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Corelli: Concerto Grossi op. 6.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 008.

  • 5 reasons to love... French melodies

    • Francis Poulenc

      Airs chant茅s

      Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Rita Streich.
      • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances, etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 013.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Istvan Hadju.
    • Favourite Violin Encores.
    • DECCA.
    • 011.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`9

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi op. 6.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
    • 17-22.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux de lumine

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Antonia Fraser's Choice No. 1

    • Joseph Haydn

      Symphony no.85 in B flat major 'La Reine' (2nd mvt)

      Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
      • HANSSLER.

  • Antonia Fraser's Choice No. 2

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 1: Movement III

      Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    O ciranda, o cirandinha (Guia pr谩tico Book 9)

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Piano music: Cristina Ortiz.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Artist of the Week: Arthur Grumiaux

    • Gabriel Faur茅

      Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

      Performer: Paul Crossley. Performer: Arthur Grumiaux.
      • PHILIPS.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Wellcome all wonders in one sight for a capella choir

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Jonathan Dove - Choral Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Essential Choice

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Swan Lake (Act 2)

      Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
      • MELODIYA.

  • Michael Tippett

    Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra.
    • APEX.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Tristesse, Op. 6 No. 2

    Performer: Jacqueline Robin. Singer: G茅rard Souzay.
    • TESTAMENT.

Relative Values

The relationship was, teacher & pupil. The Composers were Byrd & Tallis.

Byrd

Sing joyfully

Tallis Scholars

Peter Phillips (conductor)

骋滨惭贰尝尝听

Tallis

O nata lux

Cambridge Singers

John Rutter (conductor)

COLLEGIUM

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