Tuesday - Rob Cowan with John Hegley
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Tone Poems; musical challenge; Artists of the Week: the Beaux Arts Trio; Rob's Essential Choice: Rameau: Dardanus Ballet Suite.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...tone poems'. Throughout the week Rob showcases composers who use their music to illustrate or evoke a poem, story or landscape, from Liadov's Russian fairytale piece Kikimora to a trip through the wide open spaces of the Fen landscape with Vaughan Williams' In the Fen Country to the battle conjured up by Biber in his Battalia.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Performance poet, musician and songwriter John Hegley shares his favourite classical music with Rob. One of the country's most popular contemporary poets, John is well known for his books including New and Selected Potatoes, My dog is a carrot and Peace, Love & Potatoes.
10.30am
Rob's artists of the week are the Beaux Arts Trio. One of the finest piano trios of all time, the Beaux Arts Trio played together for over 50 years and received critical and popular acclaim for their highly vital and refined performances. Throughout the week Rob dips into their rich recorded legacy, exploring their interpretations of works by composers including Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Beethoven, Smetana and FaurΓ©.
11am
After last week's exploration of the music from great Romantic ballets, Rob goes back to an earlier era with his Essential Choices for the week as he showcases Baroque ballet scores.
Rameau
Dardanus - ballet suite
Collegium Aureum.
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Sergey Prokofiev
March (The Love for Three Oranges)
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Peter Limonov.- ONYX.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G major, Op.32 no.5
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- SONY.
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5 reasons to love... tone poems
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Fragment from the Apocalypse Op.66
Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov. Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation.- MELODIYA.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Pierre de la Rue & Stile Antico
Absalon fili mi
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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MiklΓ³s RΓ³zsa
Prelude and Love theme from βSpellboundβ
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.- DG.
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Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op.47
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
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John Hegley's Choice No. 1
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Claude Debussy
String Quartet 4th movement
Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
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John Hegley's Choice No. 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.6 β Prelude
Performer: Maurice Gendron.- PHILIPS.
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John Hegley's Choice No. 3
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Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet
The First to Leave
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Johann Strauss II
Auf der Jagd (Cagliostro in Wien)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ‘n Fischer.- Johann & Josef Strauss: Polkas.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Artists of the week: Beaux arts Trio
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Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Op.15
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- PHILIPS.
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Essential choice
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JeanβPhilippe Rameau
Dardanus Suite
Orchestra: Collegium Aureum.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Recording Rewind
Introduction and Allegro for strings Op.47
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony OrchestraΒ
Andrew Davis (conductor)Β
WARNER 2564621992
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