Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live; The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherezade.
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Live CSOR 901 1103
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, violinist Ida Haendel.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the Geoffrey Robertson QC. Founder and head of Doughty Street Chambers, Geoffrey Robertson serves as a Master of the Bench at the Middle Temple, a recorder, and visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a 'distinguished jurist' member of the United Nations Justice Council, having served as the first President of the Special Court in Sierra Leone and He has argued many landmark cases in media, constitutional and criminal law in the European Court of Human Rights, the House of Lords, the Privy Council and Commonwealth courts.
11am
The Story of Music in 50 Pieces
No. 37: Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherezade.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dance No. 2
Performers: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin (conductor)
- ROY 6464.
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9.03: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Walton arr. Joe Kreines
Crown Imperial
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
- CSOR 901 1103.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Valse-Fantaisie
Performers: Valerie Kamishev (piano)
- OLYMPIA OCD 184.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture: The Consecration of the House
Performers: SWF Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden, Michael Gielen (conductor)
- GIELEN EDITION 544053 2.
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Today's Brainteaser - What am I?
I'm a crumhorn
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Franz Schubert
Die Forelle
Performers: Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- DG 445 294 2.
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9.33: Artist of the Week - Ida Haendel
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Vitali arr. David
Chaconne
Performers: Ida Haendel (violin), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- TESTAMENT SBT 1258.
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Franz Berwald
Overture: Estrelle de Soria
Performers: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
- HYPERION CDD22043.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Ida Haendel
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Bartok trans. Zoltan Szekely
Romanian Folk Dances
Performers: Ida Haendel (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
- DECCA 455 488 2.
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Debussy orch. B眉sser
Petite Suite
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- DECCA 475 317 2.
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C茅sar Franck
Offertoire in E flat (posthumous pieces)
Performers: Joris Verdin (organ of St-Omer cathedral)
- RICERCAR RIC 324.
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10.30: Geoffrey Robertson QC's Choices
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Giuseppe Verdi
End of Scene 1, Act II of Don Carlo ("I lui! Desso! l'Infante鈥�")
Performers: Rodrigo: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Don Carlo: Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Monk: Tugomir Franc (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA 421 114 2.
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Heuberger
A Chambre Separee from 'The Opera Ball'
Performers: Lesley Garrett (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Holmes (conductor)
- SILVA CLASSICS SILKTVCD1.
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Borodin transcribed Felix Blumenfeld
Polovtsian Dance no 17 from Prince Igor
Performers: Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
- PIANO 21 P21 045-N.
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11am: The Story of Music
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade, Op. 35
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
- DG 415 512 2.
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Franz Liszt
Concert Paraphrase on I Lombardi "Salve Maria"
Performers: Claudio Arrau (piano)
- PHILIPS 432 305 2.
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Franz Liszt
Concert Paraphrase on I Lombardi "Salve Maria"
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