Friday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works; Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky; Rob's Essential Choice: Rossini: Stabat Mater.
with Rob Cowan and his guest, the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works ? Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev: NEWTON CLASSICS. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman. A graduate of RADA, Henry has twice won the Olivier Award for his stage performances: in 1993 for Assassins, directed by Sam Mendes, and again in 2000 for The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn. His many stage appearances include, for the Royal National Theatre: Angels in America, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Guys and Dolls; for the Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III (in the title role), Henry V and The Comedy of Errors; and Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2010 Henry played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Chichester Festival. His television work includes guest appearances in a host of series, including Spooks, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Foyle's War, and he has also appeared in films such as Taking Woodstock, The Damned United and Notting Hill.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Rossini
Stabat mater
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Lawrence Brownlee (tenor)
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass)
Choir and Orchestra of the Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI.
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Music Played
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Claude Debussy
Petite Suite (Ballet)
Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- Mercury Living Presence.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Tsar's Bride: Overture
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- Newton Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 27 in G
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Franz Liszt
Petrarch Sonnet No 47 (Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, year 2, Italy)
Performer: Lazar Berman.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Passacaglia in G minor, HWV 432/6
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Music Arranger: Johan Halvorsen. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky.- Sony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058
Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs WIthout Words, Op.62: No.6, 'Spring Song'
Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
String Quintet in G, Op 111
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Israel Baker. Performer: Paul Rosenthal. Performer: Milton Thomas. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky.- Sony.
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Edward Elgar
Sun Dance (Wand of Youth, Suite No 1)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Lawrance Collingwood (conductor).- EMI.
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Arnold Schoenberg
3 Piano Pieces, Op 11 (No. 2)
Performer: Paul Jacobs.- Apex.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor, op 19 (III. Andante)
Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Yakov Flier.- Brilliant Classics.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A minor, Kk3
Performer: Mikhael Pletnev (piano).- VIRGIN.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Only Connect
The connection was Spring.
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The music played:
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Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (from Part 1, Adoration of the Earth)
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK60694听听
Mendelssohn
Spring Song 'Song without words' in A major op 62 no 6
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DG 453 061 2听听
Copland
Appalachian Spring
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)听听听听
DG 439 528 2听听听
Broadcast
- Fri 11 Apr 2014 09:00成人快手 Radio 3