Monday - Rob Cowan with Kate Atkinson
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs; Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Building a Library: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Trio Mediaeval ? Folk Songs, ECM 476 6179. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
10.30am
This week is National Storytelling Week (with National Libraries' Day this Saturday, 8th February) and Rob's guest is the award-winning author, Kate Atkinson. Kate's first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 1985, and she has been a critically acclaimed international bestselling author ever since. Her novel Case Histories introduced her readers to Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, and won the Saltire Book of the Year Award and the Prix Westminster, while When Will There Be Good News? was voted Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year. Her latest novel, Life After Life, recently won the 2013 Costa Novel Award. Kate was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.
11am
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Johann Strauss II
Procession for Pleasure: Polka Op.281
Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.- Sony.
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Jarom铆r Weinberger
Schwanda the Bagpiper (Polka and Fugue)
Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- EMI.
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Trad
Gullmand went off to a feast "Little Child"聽
Ensemble: Trio Medi忙val.- ECM.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.3'4
Orchestra: Combattimento. Director: Jan Willem de Vriend.- CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
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Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor).- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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Cyrillus Kreek
Psalm 137 'Paabeli jogede kaldali'
Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Daniel Reuss.- Ondine.
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Ottorino Respighi
Brazilian Impressions: Song and Dance
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Naxos.
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Claude Debussy
Sonata for viola, flute and harp
Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No 1 in G minor for violin solo, BWV 1001
Performer: Alina Ibragimova.- Hyperion.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Orchestra: Moscow Grand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.- Praga.
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John Dowland
Mrs Vaux's Galliard
Performer: Jakob Lindberg (lute).- BRILLIANT.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in B flat K454
- Philips.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Place that Piece
Answer: Rome.
The music played:
Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 614012
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