Monday - Rob Cowan with Malorie Blackman
With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Handel Concerti Grossi, Op 6; Music in Time: Janequin; Artist of the Week: Suk Trio, featured in Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49.
9am
My favourite... Handel Concerti Grossi Op. 6. Rob shares his favourite Baroque masterpieces from Handel's Twelve Grand Concertos. The line up features performances of these energetic concertos by the Academy of Ancient Music directed by Andrew Manze, Concentus Musicus Wien and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Il Giardino Armonico under Giovanni Antonini and Thurston Dart conducting the Boyd Neel Orchestra.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you remember the film or television programme that featured this piece of classical music?
10am
Rob's guest is the author Malorie Blackman. Malorie has written over sixty books for children and young readers and was the Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Her books include Pig-Heart Boy, which was turned into a BAFTA-winning television series, Cloud Busting, and the critically acclaimed Noughts and Crosses series. Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children's books, and has also received an OBE for her services to children's literature. Malorie will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by the 19th century composer Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and Florence Price, the first African-American woman to have a composition performed by a major symphony orchestra.
10:30am
Music in Time: Medieval
The focus is on the Medieval period and the great chanson composer Clément Janequin, whose song Le Chant des oiseaux imitates birdsong.
11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is the Suk Trio. Throughout the week Rob delves into the archives of this internationally renowned piano trio, sharing recordings including Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D Minor Op. 49, Dvorak's Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65 and Brahms's Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8.
Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor, Op.49
Suk Trio.
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Music Played
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ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: SUK TRIO
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Josef Suk
Burleska (Four pieces for violin and piano, Op.17 No.4)
Performer: Jan Panenka.- SUPRAPHON.
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Franz Liszt
Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage I)
Performer: Lazar Berman.- DG.
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My Favourite... Handel Concerti Grossi
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
- L’OISEAU LYRE.
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José Marin
Nina como en tus mudanzas
Director: Jordi Savall. Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.- El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas.
- Alia Vox.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in B flat major, D 18
Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.- CASCAVELLE.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- ONDINE.
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Malorie Blackman's Choice No. 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
- RCA.
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Malorie Blackman's Choice No. 2
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Saint-Georges
I. Allegro (Concerto in G major, Op.8)
Composer: Joseph Boulogne. Composer: Chevalier de. Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl.- NAXOS.
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Music in time: Medieval
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Clément Janequin
Le chant des oiseaux
Performer: Ensemble Clément Janequin.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Louis‐Claude Daquin
Le coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3 in E minor)
Performer: Sophie Yates.- La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
- Chandos.
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Olivier Messiaen
L’Alouette Calandrelle (Catalogue d’oiseaux, Book 5)
Performer: Peter Hill.- UNICORN-KANCHANA.
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Antonín Dvořák
The Noonday Witch, Op 108
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Teldec.
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ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: SUK TRIO
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49
Ensemble: Sukovo trio.- SUPRAPHON.
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Béla Bartók
44 Duos for two violins, Nos. 38, 26 & 32
Performer: Sándor Végh. Performer: Alberto Lysy.- ASTREE.
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures
Music Arranger: Donald Fraser. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.- AVIE.
Heard on Screen
Answer: This Week (ITV)
The music played:
Sibelius
Intermezzo (Karelia Suite)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI
Broadcast
- Mon 23 May 2016 09:00鶹Լ Radio 3