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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: baritone Gerard Souzay; sociologist Richard Sennett's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7.

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
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 7 (Sinfonia antartica)
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Fri 6 Jul 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Dinicu

    Hora staccato

    Performers: Michael Rabin (violin), Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI 6 79060 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture: Cosi fan tutte

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

    • EMI CDC 747014-2.
  • 9.08: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816

      Performers: George Malcolm (harpsichord)

      • DECCA 444 390-2.
  • 9.23am

    • Edward Elgar

      Dream Children, Op. 43 No. 2

      Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)

      • REGIS RRC 5010.
  • 9.32: Artist of the Week - Gerard Souzay

    • Franz Schubert

      St盲ndchen (Horch! Horch! Die Lerch) D.889; Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D.583; Litanei auf das

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

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1313.
  • 9.45am

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Concerto in G minor, after BWV 1056

      Performers: William Bennett (flute), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • DECCA 443 847-2.
  • 9.57am

    • William Walton

      Prelude & 'Spitfire' Fugue

      Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 763369-2.
  • 10.05am

    • Carl Maria von Weber

      Konzertstuck in F minor, Op. 79

      Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano and conductor), Russian National Orchestra

      • DG 453 486-2.
  • 10.20: Artist of the Week - Gerard Souzay

    • Francis Poulenc

      La fraicheur et le feu

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

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

    • Gabriel Faur茅

      Piano Quartet No. 2 (I. Allegro molto moderato)

      Performers: Marguerite Long (piano), Jacques Thibaud (violin), Maurice Vieux (viola), Pierre Fournier (cello)

      • EMI CDH 769794-2.
  • 10.49: Rob's Personal Shopper for Richard

    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (IV. Rondo alla Zingarese)

      Performers: Szymon Goldberg (violin), William Primrose (viola), Nikolai Graudan (cello), Victor Babin (piano)

      • RCA 74321-91623-2.
  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Symphony No. 7 (Sinfonia Antartica)

      Performers: Sheila Armstrong (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

      • EMI CDC 747516-2.
  • 11.45am

    • Georges Bizet

      L'Arlesienne: Prelude and Adagietto (Suite No.1); Farandole (Suite No.2)

      Performers: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)

      • MERCURY 434 321-2.

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  • Fri 6 Jul 2012 09:00

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