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Monday - Rob Cowan with Fleur Adcock

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Violin Romances; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: pianist Mitsuko Uchida, featured in Mozart's Piano Sonata No 15.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Violin Romances'. Rob plays some of these beguiling pieces ranging from the song-like second Romance by Beethoven to a sultry Spanish showpiece by Sarasate and the lyrical outpouring of Dvorak's Romance in F minor.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet Fleur Adcock. Fleur was born in New Zealand but spent much of her childhood - and the second world war - in the UK, settling permanently here in 1963. Across a 50-year career she has produced numerous collections of poetry addressing identity, ancestry, relationship and insects. She has held academic positions as well as attracting significant awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Fleur will be discussing her career and sharing a selection of her favourite classical music with Rob every day at 10am.

10.30am
Vintage Proms 1915 - music inspired by a Prom from 100 years ago. During the 成人快手 Proms 2015 Rob takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week Rob showcases highlights including Alexander Campbell Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto, a wind serenade by Mozart, and pieces from France and Russia that reflect Britain's international links during the war.

11am
This week Rob features recordings by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who will appear this Friday at the 成人快手 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Rob introduces some of her renowned interpretations of Mozart, including the Sonata No. 15 in F and the Piano Concerto in C K467 from the complete series of Mozart concertos that Uchida is currently recording with the Cleveland Orchestra. There'll also be a complete performance of Schumann's Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Chopin's 3rd Sonata and Debussy's dazzling Etudes.

Mozart
Piano Sonata no 15 in F major K533/494
Mitsuko Uchida (piano).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Arlequin (Carnaval Op.9 No.3)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...VIOLIN ROMANCES

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Romance No.2 in F major, Op.50

      Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
      • EMI.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Folia (final movement of Toccata No.7 - Primo tono)

    Performer: Robert Woolley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Robert Schumann

    Der Nussbaum

    Performer: Rudolf Jansen. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • OMNIUM.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto 脿 5 in F major, Op 9 No 3

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Barncleupedie

    Performer: John York.
    • BLACK BOX.
  • FLEUR ADCOCK'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Guillaume de Machaut

      Kyrie (Messe de Nostre Dame)

      Choir: Orlando Consort.
      • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • FLEUR ADCOCK'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (2nd mvt)

      Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
      • EMI.
  • Jules Massenet

    Phedre: overture

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.
  • Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie

    Scottish Concerto Op.55

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.
  • PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MITSUKO UCHIDA

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata No.15 in F major K.533/494

      Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
      • PHILIPS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor Op.81`2

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn - The Complete String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Frederic Cowen

    Overture: The Butterfly鈥檚 Ball

    Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • NAXOS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mazeppa

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • EMI.

Mapping the Music

Answer: The Orkney Islands

The music played:

Peter Maxwell Davies
Orkney Wedding with Sunrise
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Scott Long (bagpiper)
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
TELARC

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