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Thursday - Rob Cowan with John Craven

With Sarah Walker. Including performances by Jussi Bjorling; Music in Time: Schubert: Die schone Mullerin; Nordic composers: Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No 3 (Dalarapsodi).

9am
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season Rob has chosen a singer who was known as the 'Swedish Caruso", Jussi Bj枚rling. Rob serves up a feast of songs including works by Verdi, Beethoven, Puccini and Grieg. Along the way he showcases Bj枚rling's versatility, his dramatic sensibility and his deep connection with Scandinavia.

9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related place.

10am
Rob's guest is the original Newsround anchor and Countryfile veteran John Craven. John is remembered by generations of children for his afternoon news bulletins and jazzy jumpers, and nowadays brings his unique brand of welly-wearing journalism to an audience of millions as he chronicles modern rural life in Countryfile. John will be sharing some of his favourite classical music, including wintery scenes from Sibelius and Vivaldi, a very merry rendition of O Come all ye Faithful courtesy of the American tenor and Hollywood star Mario Lanza, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto.

10.30am
Rob places Music in Time. The arch-Romantic Schubert incorporates an almost operatic narrative with just a singer and a piano in a selection of melodies from his song cycle Die sch枚ne M眉llerin.

11am
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Rob features recordings of major works by leading Nordic composers. Throughout the week Rob explores music from the frozen North, showcasing composers including Stenhammar, Grieg, Kraus and Alfven.

Alfven
Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 Op. 47 (Dalarapsodi)
Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
Petri Sakari (conductor).

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Christmas Eve 2015 09:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Symphony (Saul, Act I Scene II, HWV53)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sonata in D major for trumpet and 8 viols

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.
    • HYPERION.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...JUSSI BJ脰RLING

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Celeste Aida (Aida)

      Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Jonel Perlea.
      • RCA.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Give me no splendour, gold or pomp (5 Christmas Songs, Op.1 No.4)

    Music Arranger: Magnus Ericsson. Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Strings. Conductor: Magnus Ericsson.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus: No.5 (Adagio - Andante quasi Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Armonia Atenea. Conductor: George Petrou.
    • DECCA.

  • Cornelius

    Christus der Kindenfreund

    Performer: Irmgard Seefried. Performer: Erik Werba.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    One star, at last

    Choir: King's College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.

  • Judith Weir

    Arise! Arise!

    Performer: William Howard. Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 17 in F major

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth

    Performer: English Brass Ensemble. Performer: Christopher Dearnley. Choir: Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral. Conductor: John Scott.
    • GUILD.

  • JOHN CRAVEN'S CHOICE NO. 1

    • Jean Sibelius

      Finlandia

      Orchestra: Suisse Romande Orchestra. Conductor: Horst Stein.
      • DECCA.

  • JOHN CRAVEN'S CHOICE NO. 2

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Adagio for violin and orchestra, K.261

      Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
      • EMI.

  • Ann Burgess

    Comes the Light

    Performer: Helen Neeves. Performer: Christopher Bowen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Specially recorded in 2015 for the Radio 3 Carol Competition..

  • MUSIC IN TIME: ROMANTIC

    • Franz Schubert

      Am Feierabend; Der Neugierige; Ungeduld (Die schone Mullerin)

      Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Olaf B盲r.
      • EMI.

  • Leroy Anderson

    It came upon a midnight clear; Wassail Song

    Orchestra: Boston Pops String Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.

  • Selim Palmgren

    Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.11

    Performer: Henri Sigfridsson.
    • ONDINE.

  • NORDIC MASTERPIECE

    • Hugo Alfv茅n

      Swedish Rhapsody No.3, Op.47

      Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
      • CHANDOS.

  • Michael Head

    The Little Road to Bethlehem

    Performer: Robert Dixon. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Christmas Eve Suite

    Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.

  • Peter Warlock

    The Sycamore Tree

    Ensemble: The Carice Singers. Performer: Rachel Haworth.

Mystery Place

Answer: St. Paul's Cathedral

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  • Christmas Eve 2015 09:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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