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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: baritone Gerard Souzay; sociologist Richard Sennett's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The World of the Harpsichord featuring George Malcolm.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, French baritone Gerard Souzay.

10.30am
This week, on the 4th of July, Americans are celebrating Independence Day, and Rob Cowan's guest is the American sociologist Richard Sennett, who has made his home in the UK. He originally wanted to become a musician, but a hand injury put paid to his chances of a professional playing career, and instead he pursued a PhD in the history of American civilisation.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Wed 4 Jul 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Wrubel arr. Marks

    Song of the South: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

    Performers: Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

    • DG 477 6115.
  • 9.02am: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

      La poule; Le rappel des oiseaux

      Performers: George Malcolm (harpsichord)

      • DECCA 444 390-2.
  • 9.08am

    • Claude Debussy

      Printemps

      Performers: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

      • VIRGIN 562261-2.
  • 9.23am: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Fran莽ois Couperin

      Le rossignol-en-amour; Le carillon de Cithere

      Performers: George Malcolm (harpsichord)

      • DECCA 444 390-2.
  • 9.33am: Artist of the Week - Gerard Souzay

    • Franz Schubert

      Liebesbotschaft, St盲ndchen, Abschied (Schwanengesang, D.957)

      Performers: Gerard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1313.
  • 9.45am

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Rondo in D, K.382

      Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 420 867-2.
  • 9.58am

    • Gioachino Rossini

      Italian Girl in Algiers: overture

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

      • DG 419 869-2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O mio bene (Madrigals, Book 9)

    Performers: Robert Tear (tenor), Stafford Dean (bass), Members of the English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 462 243-2.
  • 10.13am: Artist of the Week - Gerard Souzay

    • Maurice Ravel

      Histoires naturelles

      Performers: Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

      • NEWTON 8802007.
  • 10.30am: Richard Sennett's Choice

    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (1st movement)

      Performers: Artur Rubinstein (piano), Guarneri Quintet

      • RCA RD 85669.
  • 10.48am: Richard Sennett's Choice

    • B茅la Bart贸k

      String Quartet No. 5 (3rd movement)

      Performers: Guarneri Quartet

      • NEWTON 880211-2.
  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Karl Goldmark

      Rustic Wedding Symphony

      Performers: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

      • SONY CLASSICAL SMK 61836.
  • 11.45am

    • Ives orch. William Schuman

      Variations on America

      Performers: Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

      • DG 477 6115.
  • 11.54am

    • Georges Bizet

      Menuetto (L'Arlesienne Suite No.1)

      Performers: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)

      • MERCURY 434 321-2.

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  • Wed 4 Jul 2012 09:00

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