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Monday with Rob Cowan - Christine Rice, Static Electricity Parties, Brahms' Academic Festival Overture

Rob Cowan brings the best in classical music, and is joined by leading British mezzo Christine Rice as part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Opera Season.

Rob Cowan takes us through the morning with the best in classical music including :

0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture"

Written as a thank-you to the University of Breslau for an honorary doctorate, this overture is a sparkling, witty celebration of student life, inspired by several drinking songs.

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Opera Season, leading British mezzo Christine Rice talks about her cultural influences and inspirations.

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Mon 2 Oct 2017 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    W.N; Nimrod from Enigma Variations Op. 36

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Rolf Kleinert.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065 Arr. for 8 Marimbas and Orchestra

    Ensemble: Wave Quartet. Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante - Doppo notte (Act 3 Sc 9)

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christine Rice.
    • EMI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ΅n Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet movement in B flat major K.516c

    Orchestrator: Robert Levin. Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto; Kegelstatt Trio - Martin FrΓ¶st.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Kurt Weill

    Moritat vom Mackie Messer

    Singer: Lotte Lenya. Ensemble: Turk Murphy.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Woldemar Bargiel

    Adagio, Op.38

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Steven Isserlis plays Schumann.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Act 3 Waltz sequence)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • R.Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Burleske: Thibaudet/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op.3 no.1 in B flat

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major, Op 10

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1 - 5: Ashkenazy, Previn.
    • Decca.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: A Concert Suite For Actor And Orchestra - Excerpt

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Koch.

  • William Walton

    Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Agincourt Song)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • Walton: Scenes from Henry V etc..
    • EMI.
    • 11-12.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Phantasy op.2 for oboe, violin, viola and cello

    Ensemble: Britten Oboe Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Song of the Fir Tree - a Swedish Impression

    Performer: Phillip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 16.

  • Richard Wagner

    Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • CBS.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • La Belle Epoque - The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn: Susan Graham.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 22.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in A major, K.386

    Performer: Sir AndrΓ΅s Schiff. Ensemble: Camerata Academica of Salzburg Mozarteum.
    • Mozart – Piano Concertos K246 & K413.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 2, Op 33

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Oct 2017 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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