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Monday - Rob Cowan with Janet Suzman

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Music in Time: The Eton Choirbook; Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, in Beethoven's An die ferne geliebte.

9am
My favourite... operatic overtures. Rob chooses some of his favourite operatic overtures from the Classical and Romantic periods, putting the spotlight on pieces including Chabrier's Gwendoline, Weber's Der Freischutz and Borodin's Prince Igor.

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

10am
Rob's guest is the actress and director Janet Suzman. Janet has appeared on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company in roles ranging from Beatrice and Kate to Ophelia and Lavinia, as well as a critically acclaimed Cleopatra. She became known on the big screen for her performance as Tsarina Alexandra in the Academy Award winning film Nicholas and Alexandra. In her native South Africa Janet has directed Brecht, Chekhov and Shakespeare, and here in the UK has recently turned to directing opera. Janet will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Purcell, Brahms, and Donizetti, every day at 10am.

10:30am
Music in Time: Renaissance
Rob places Music in Time as he delves into one of the most important musical artifacts of the Renaissance period - the Eton Choirbook - with music by Robert Wylkynson and John Browne.

11am
Rob's artist of the week is the baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Celebrated as one of the finest lieder interpreters of all time, Fischer-Dieskau left a considerable recording legacy that has influenced generations of singers. Throughout the week Rob focuses specifically on the baritone's lieder skills, with song cycles by Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler, as well as selections of songs by Schubert and Wolf.

Beethoven
An die ferne geliebte
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Jorg Demus (piano).

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Mon 25 Apr 2016 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Der Liebende, WoO139

      Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: JΓΆrg Demus.
      • DG.

  • MY FAVOURITE...OPERATIC OVERTURES

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Così fan tutte (Overture)

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Karl BΓΆhm.
      • EMI.

  • William Lawes

    Royall Consort Suite no.3 in D minor

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm. Director: Laurence Dreyfus.
    • LINN.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite

    Orchestrator: Henri BΓΌsser. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Dolce Cantavi

    Performer: TENET.
    • AVIE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in B flat major, RV 465

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne 'In London Town', Op.40

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.

  • JANET SUZMAN'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      II. Andante (Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453)

      Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein.
      • RCA.

  • JANET SUZMAN'S CHOICE NO.2

    • George Frideric Handel

      PiangerΓ² la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare)

      Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.
      • VIRGIN.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: RENAISSANCE

    • Robert Wylkynson

      Jesus autem transiens; Credo

      Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.
      • 40 Voix: Huelgas-Ensembe/Paul Van Nevel.
      • Harmonia Mundi.
      • 4.

    • John Browne

      O Maria salvatoris

      Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
      • GIMELL.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata No 1 in G minor, Z 790

    Ensemble: Retrospect Trio.
    • Linn.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98

      Performer: JΓΆrg Demus. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
      • DG.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902197.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 001.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Nightride and Sunrise

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • RCA.

Recording Rewind

The music played:

Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (β€˜In London Town’), Op.40
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Apr 2016 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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