Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Geraldine James
With Rob Cowan. Including Reasons to Love Schumann songs; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: the LaSalle Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs.' Amongst the greatest musical achievements of the nineteenth century, each day this week Rob will handpick a great interpreter to showcase these miniature marvels.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the actress Geraldine James. An award-winning actress of both stage and screen, Geraldine will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Tallis, Schubert and Bach, every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features the LaSalle Quartet. A personal favourite of Rob's, he will be exploring this American string quartet's finest recordings by composers including Brahms, Wolf, Beethoven and Debussy, as well as their renowned interpretations of Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.
11am
This week Rob showcases Haydn masterpieces
Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
H氓kan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor).
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Music Played
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Robert Schumann
Symphonic Studies Op.13: Etude VII
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs
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Robert Schumann
Spanish Love Songs: Tief im Herzen trag ich pein; O wie lieblich ist das Madchen
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Kurt Streit. Singer: Barbara Bonney.- EMI.
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Johann Strauss II
Tales from the Vienna Woods Op.325
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- TESTAMENT.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G major for violin and keyboard, BWV 1021
Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Performer: Jaap ter Linden. Performer: Hendrik Bouman.- ARCHIV.
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Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: Forth Eorlingas
Conductor: Howard Shore. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Orchestra. -
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John Cage
String Quartet in Four parts: Quietly Flowing Along
Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Conductor: Eduard van Beinum. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.- RETROSPECTIVE RECORDS.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Hunters; Procession (Peter and the Wolf)
Narrator: David Bowie. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- RCA.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 1
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Charles Ives
The Fourth of July (A Symphony: New England Holidays)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 2
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold (Prelude)
Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Goodall.- CHANDOS.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 3
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring; Pt 1, extract
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- DG.
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Artist of the Week: LaSalle Quartet
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Claude Debussy
String Quartet
Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
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Pau Casals
O vos omnes
Ensemble: Sospiri. Conductor: Christopher Watson.- Naxos.
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Essential Choice
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- PHILIPS.
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Hugo Wolf
String Quartet in D minor
Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
Recording Rewind
The music played:
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Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf Op.67
David Bowie (narrator)
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
RCA
Broadcast
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