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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week; Artist of the Week: clarinettist Eduard Brunner; Rob's Essential Choice: Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Frederick Fennell conducting the London Pops and Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestras:
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 356-2

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the clarinettist Eduard Brunner.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest for the week is artist Jonathan Yeo who made his name as a contemporary portraitist in the late 1990s, exhibiting frequently at the National Portrait Gallery. Jonathan introduces his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53.
Josef Suk (violin),
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,
Karel Ancerl (conductor).
SUPRAPHON 3668.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 11 May 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • 9am: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Arthur Benjamin

      Argyle (Cotillon Suite)

      Performers: London Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)

      • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 356-2.
  • Gliere

    Dance of the Russian Sailors

    Performers: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 356-2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles

    Performers: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 356-2.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Aubade

    Performers: Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris, George Pretre (conductor)

    • EMI 7 64714 2.
  • 9.30: Artist of the Week - Eduard Brunner

    • Igor Stravinsky

      3 Dances from The Soldier's Tale

      Performers: Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Gidon Kremer (violin)

      • ECM 827 024-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K.418

    Performers: Christine Schafer (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 457 582-2.
  • 9.55am: Artist of the Week - Eduard Brunner

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581

      Performers: Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Hagen Quartet

      • DG 419 600-2.
  • 10:30: Jonathan Yeo's Choices

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Adagio (from the Gran Partita, K.361)

      Performers: English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

      • EMI 76918.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

    Performers: Gavin Bryars Ensemble

    • OBSCURE EG EGED21.
  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

      Performers: Josef Suk (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)

      • FIDELIO 1840.
  • Arthur Benjamin

    Argyle (Cotillon Suite)

  • Reyngold Moritsevich Gliere & Nicolai (1844-1908) Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Sailors; Procession of the Nobles

  • Francis Poulenc

    Aubade

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Three Dances from A Soldier's Tale

    Performer: Aloys Kontarsky. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • Gidon Kremer: Edition Lockenhaus, Vol. 1/2.
    • ECM New Series.
  • George Frideric Handel

    All we like sheep (Messiah)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K.361, 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart: Wind Concertos; Serenade K 361: Barenboim.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 May 2012 09:00

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