Friday - Rob Cowan with Karen Koren
Discover definitive recordings of classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. His guest is comedy promoter and producer, Karen Koren.
9am
Rob sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.
9.30
Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify a mystery musical person.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the comedy promoter and producer, Karen Koren. Karen has been heavily involved in the comedy scene for more than 30 years and is the founder and artistic director of the Gilded Balloon, a major comedy venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Karen devised the competition So You Think You're Funny?, which has been won by major comics such as Lee Mack, Peter Kay and Dylan Moran. Karen has also launched the careers of many other comedians including Alistair McGowan, Bill Bailey and Tim Minchin. As well as discussing her Norwegian roots, her life and her work, Karen shares some of her favourite classical music throughout the week.
10.30
Music on Location: Norway
Rob explores the music of Georg von Bertouch, a German-born Baroque composer who spent much of his adult life working in Norway as an officer in the Dano-Norwegian army.
11am
Rob's Proms Artist of the Week is the Estonian conductor, Paavo Järvi. Born into one of the most illustrious musical families in the Northern Hemisphere, Järvi - upcoming chief conductor of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich - is among the most compelling conductors on the current performing circuit. His approach combines clarity of vision with dynamism, a heady mix that especially suits key works from the early twentieth century. Järvi is currently Artist Director of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen whom he conducts at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms this week, and he's also conducted a number of leading orchestras including the Orchestre de Paris, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Orchestra. From Järvi's sizeable discography, Rob has chosen his recordings of Bizet with the Orchestre de Paris, LutosÅ‚awski and Prokofiev with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Shostakovich with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and Mozart with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Prokofiev
Symphony No 5 in B flat major, Op 100
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)
Producer Dominic Wells.
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Music Played
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Carl Orff
Dance (Carmina Burana)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.- EMI CLASSICS.
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Richard Strauss
Serenade in E flat
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Director: Alexei Ogrintchouk.- R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Serenade & Sonatina No. 2.
- BIS.
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in E flat major, K.282
Performer: Leon McCawley.- AVIE.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O eterne deus
Choir: Anonymous 4.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
Sanctus
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Jean Sibelius
Musik zu einer Szene
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- NAXOS.
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Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht)
Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- PENTATONE.
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Dietrich Buxtehude
Toccata in F major, BuxWV 156
Performer: Bine Bryndorf.- DACAPO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- DECCA.
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Karen Koren's First Choice
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Edward Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No.1
Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Rob Cowan's Personal Shopper Choice for Karen Koren
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F major, Op.135: II. Vivace
Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael KubelÃk.- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" / Scherzo capriccioso, Op.
- DG.
- 5.
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Music on Location: Norway
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Georg von Bertouch
Sonata No.13 in C minor for 2 violins and continuo
Ensemble: Trondheim Barokk.- SIMAX.
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Alfred Schnittke
Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with Grief  
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- NONESUCH.
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William Walton
Coronation Te Deum
Performer: Francis Grier. Choir: Choristers of Worcester Cathedral. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Artist of the Week: Paavo Järvi
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- TELARC.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F major, RV 286, 'Per la solennita di San Lorenzo'
Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.- Glossa.
Musical Challenge: Mystery Person
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- Fri 4 Aug 2017 09:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3