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Thursday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (with Andras Schiff: piano); Artist of the Week: Jascha Heifetz; Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 7.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Andr谩s Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the 91热爆's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the 91热爆 adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the 91热爆 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).

As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
EMI 4769512.

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Music Played

  • Denza arr. Schoenberg

    贵耻苍颈肠耻濒矛-贵耻苍颈肠耻濒脿

    Performers: Diabolicus, Dietrich Henschel (conductor)

    • AMBROISIE AM137.

  • 9.03: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue in G (BWV 884), and Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 885), from The Wel

      Performers: Andr谩s Schiff (piano)

      • ECM 476 4827.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    The Lord is My Shepherd

    Performers: Kiev Chamber Choir, Mykola Hobdych (conductor)

    • ECM 2279 476 4990.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22

    Performers: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 3188.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who am I?

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria (Cantilena)

    Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran莽aise, Heitor Villa-Lobos (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT 1246.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

    Performers: Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

    • EMI 5 85837 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 433 702-2.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Night on the River

    Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (conductor)

    • EMI 7 47509 8.

  • 10.04: Artist of the Week - Jascha Heifetz

    • Max Bruch

      Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra in E flat, Op. 46

      Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), New Symphony Orchestra of London, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

      • SONY 88697761382.

  • 10.30: Clive Swift's Choices

    • Jule Styne (orch. Ralph Burns)

      Not on Your Nellie', from Darling of the Day

      Performers: Patricia Routledge (Alice Challice), Original Cast and Orchestra, Buster Davis (conductor)

      • RCA 63334.

  • Richard Strauss

    'The Dinner', from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

    Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT 1112.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D, K436

    Performers: Christian Zacharias (piano)

    • EMI 648367 2 CD1 tk 14.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 105

      Performers: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)

      • EMI 4 76951 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto, RV 235

    Performers: Flavio Losco (violin), Gli Incogniti, Amandine Beyer (direction)

    • Zigzag ZZT310.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Wind Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

    Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • ORFEO 595031.

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  • Thu 22 Nov 2012 09:00
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