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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Lee Child

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Rondos; Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco); Artist of the Week: pianist Vladimir Horowitz, performing Schumann's Kreisleriana.

9am
My favourite... rondos. Rob shares his favourite rondos, a musical form which is characterised by a recurring theme, with examples ranging from Beethoven's madcap Rage Over A Lost Penny and Saint-SaΓ«ns's show-stopping Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso to the more reflective Rondo in A minor, K.511 by Mozart and evergreen examples by Schubert and Dvorak. The line-up features performances by Mitsuko Uchida, Paul Tortelier, Gidon Kremer, Valentina Lisitsa and Jascha Heifetz.

9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related place.

10am
Rob's guest is the thriller writer Lee Child. Best known as the creator of the ex-military drifter, Jack Reacher, Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. His books consistently make number one in the hardback and paperback bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic and are translated into forty languages. He recently won the CWA's Diamond Dagger for a writer of an outstanding body of crime fiction. Lee will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, including works by Hildegard of Bingen, Delibes and Beethoven, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Music in Time: Romantic
Rob features a piece from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ4 series Revolution & Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th century. He explores Verdi's Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco - the Italian composer's anthem to freedom.

11am
Rob's artist of the week is Vladimir Horowitz, a pianist who could make a piano sound like an orchestra. Rob delves into the archives of this internationally renowned pianist, sharing recordings including his performance of Chopin's Funeral March Sonata, Fauré's crystalline and plangent Nocturne No.13, Liszt's foreboding portrayal of Oberman's Valley from his Années de Pélèrinage, and his virtuosic treatment of melodies from Bizet's Carmen.

Schumann
Kreisleriana
Vladimir Horowitz (piano).

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Tue 14 Jun 2016 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jacques Arcadelt

    Margot, labourez les vignes

    Choir: Scholars of London.
    • NAXOS.

  • Gabriel PiernΓ©

    Scherzo-Caprice, Op 25

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chiquilin de Bachin

    Singer: Enrique Moratalla. Ensemble: Versus Ensemble.
    • NAXOS.

  • MY FAVOURITE...RONDOS

    • Franz Schubert

      Rondo brillant in B minor, D895

      Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Valery Afanassiev.
      • DG.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon vigesima settima Γ  8

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Director: Philip Jones.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire, Op.21

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • RCA.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano

    Performer: Nancy Ruffer. Performer: John Anderson. Performer: Helen Crayford.
    • Dutton.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    How lovely are the messengers (St Paul Op.36)

    Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • LEE CHILD'S CHOICE NO.1

    • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

      Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

      Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Ančerl.
      • SUPRAPHON.

  • LEE CHILD'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Trad.

      Kyrie IX, A

      Choir: Coro de monjes del Monasterio Benedictino de Santo Domingo de Silos.
      • ANGEL.

  • LEE CHILD'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Hildegard von Bingen

      Columba aspexit

      Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Doreen Muskett. Choir: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
      • HYPERION.

  • MUSIC IN TIME: ROMANTIC

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Va pensiero (Nabucco)

      Choir: Chorus of German Opera, Berlin. Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
      • DG.

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      O welche Lust, in freier Luft (Fidelio)

      Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
      • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No.2, Op.72a

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
    • EMI.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

    • Robert Schumann

      Kreisleriana, Op.16

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
      • SONY.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Guitar Concerto, Op 67

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Big Chariot; The Old Lute (Songs of the Chinese)

    Performer: John Williams. Singer: Wilfred Brown.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

Mystery Place

Answer: Buckingham Palace

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