Friday - Rob Cowan with Richard Stilgoe
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Vocal Chamber Music; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: The Jerusalem Quartet; Essential Choice: Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives.
With Rob Cowan and his guest Richard Stilgoe.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Vocal Chamber Music'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys vocal quartets, sextets, duets and trios by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Shostakovich.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the songwriter, lyricist, and musician Richard Stilgoe. From writing musicals with Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera) appearances on Nationwide and That's Life and working as a double act with Peter Skellern - music has been at the heart of Richard's career. Richard will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet. Former 成人快手 New Generation Artists, the quartet has been carving out a remarkable reputation in both string quartet and chamber music repertoire. Rob showcases their recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Schuann, Brahms and Shostakovich.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Beethoven
Christ on the Mount of Olives
Judith Raskin (soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Herbert Beattie (bass)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor).
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor
Music Arranger: Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- DECCA.
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Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re
Holiday at Ferghana, op.75
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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5 Reasons to Love Vocal Chamber Music
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Dmitry Shostakovich
From Jewish Folk Poetry,Op.79
- RUSSIAN DISC.
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Jean Sibelius
Oceanides, op.73
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- EMI CDM.
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Norbert Burgm眉ller
Duo for clarinet and piano, Op.15
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- CHANDOS CHAN.
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- EMI CZS.
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 1
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Tom Lehrer
Clementine
- WARNER ARCHIVES/RHINO.
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Rob's Choice for Richard Stilgoe
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Introduction and Variations on 鈥楧al tuo stellato soglio鈥� from Rossini鈥檚 Mos猫
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Ferguson Webster.- EMI.
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Thomas Damett
Salve porta paradisi for 3 voices [Old Hall MS no.54]
Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Gordon Jones. Singer: Rogers Covey鈥怌rump. Singer: David James. Singer: John Potter. Singer: Paul Hillier. Singer: Ashley Stafford. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- The Old Hall Manuscript: The Hilliard Ensemble.
- EMI.
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Thomas Damett
Salve porta paradisi
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Artist of the Week: Jerusalem Quartet
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Johannes Brahms
String Quartet in A minor, Op.51 No.2
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Essential Choice
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Christ on the Mount of Olives
Singer: Richard Lewis. Singer: Judith Raskin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Singer: Herbert Beattie. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Choir: Temple University Chorus.- CBS.
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Franz Schubert
Meeresstille, D.216
Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Hans Hotter.- EMI.
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