Friday - Rob Cowan with Wendy Cope
With Rob Cowan. Includes Musical challenge; Music in Time: Cristobal de Morales; Artist of the Week: Giuseppe Sinopoli, featured conducting Liszt's A Faust Symphony.
9am
Rob sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge. Two pieces of music are played together. Can you identify them?
10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet, Wendy Cope. After spending 15 years as a primary school teacher, Wendy released her first collection of poetry and it became a surprise bestseller. She's since published three more collections and her poetry has become renowned for being humorous and terse, even when tackling serious subjects such as death. As well as writing poetry for children, she has been commissioned to write poetry to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Endellion String Quartet, and the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare. As well as sharing some of her favourite classical music, Wendy will be discussing her work and life as a writer, and reading some of her music-inspired poetry.
10.30am
Music in Time: Renaissance
Today Rob's in Renaissance Spain putting Crist贸bal de Morales, Tom谩s Luis de Victoria's illustrious predecessor, in the context of his time.
11am
Artist of the Week: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Rob's featured artist is the Italian conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. Sinopoli was not only an immensely talented and original conductor, but also a gifted composer, whose sudden death at the age of 54 was particularly tragic when you consider that many celebrated conductors continue to work well past retirement age. Rob's choices include highly distinctive performances of symphonies by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt and Webern, as well as Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto (with Martha Argerich as soloist) and the conclusion of Richard Strauss' hair-raising operatic masterpiece Salome.
Liszt
A Faust Symphony
Vinson Cole (tenor)
Chorus of the Dresden State Opera
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor).
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Music Played
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Gustav Holst
A Fugal Overture, Op.40`1
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Thomas Tallis
O Sacrum Convivium (for 5 voices)
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Henry Purcell
Fantazia no.10 in E minor Z.741
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ASTREE.
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Edward Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town) Op.40
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- SONY.
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Modest Mussorgsky
The Capture of Kars - march
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in D, K 239 ('Serenata Notturna')
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Le grand macabre: Finale, Passacaglia
Singer: Laura Claycomb. Singer: Charlotte Hellekant. Singer: Derek Lee Ragin. Singer: Jard van Nes. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- SONY.
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Wendy Cope's Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Double Concerto in D minor, BWV.1043
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.- J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Sarah Walker's Personal Shopper Choice for Wendy Cope
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Samuel Barber
Dover Beach Op.3
Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.- Virgin Classics.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Carnival Waltz, Op.73
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Music in Time: Renaissance
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Crist贸bal de Morales
Magnificat primi toni
Ensemble: The Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.- HYPERION.
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George Frideric Handel
Singer Seele
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Artist of the Week: Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony, S.108
Singer: Vinson Cole. Choir: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.- DG.
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Musical Challenge: Imperfect Harmony
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- Fri 21 Apr 2017 09:00成人快手 Radio 3