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Thursday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Autograph by pianist Alexandre Tharaud; Artist of the Week: Henryk Szeryng; Rob's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 (Organ).

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Autograph by pianist Alexandre Tharaud and at 9.30 our brainteaser - 'What am I?'
10am
Artist of the Week: Henryk Szeryng

10.30am
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first performance given by the National Theatre. To mark this event Rob's guest is the celebrated director Sir Richard Eyre, who ran the National Theatre between 1987 and 1997. Some of Sir Richard's most noted theatre productions include Hamlet with Jonathan Pryce and Daniel Day-Lewis; Richard III with Ian McKellen; and numerous new plays by David Hare, Tom Stoppard, Trevor Griffiths, Howard Brenton and Alan Bennett. He has also directed operas, making his debut with the 1994 production of La Traviata at the Royal Opera House, starring Angela Gheorghiu and conducted by Sir Georg Solti. More recently, he directed a new production of Bizet's opera Carmen for the Metropolitan Opera's 2009-2010 season. On film, he directed The Ploughman's Lunch (which won the Evening Standard Award for Best Film), Iris, a biopic of Iris Murdoch (starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent), and Notes on a Scandal.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

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Symphony No. 3 'Organ Symphony'
Marcel Dupr茅 (organ)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Act 1: Pas de deux)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Divertimento in A major, TWV 50 22 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Georg Philipp Telemann. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.
    • String Concertos (Musica Antiqua K枚ln feat. conductor: Reinhard Goebel).
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 009.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste Op.44 No.1

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances Op.35 - Allegro Marcato

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

  • Chaminade

    Fileuse Op.35 No.3

    Performer: Danielle Laval (piano).
    • EMI.

  • Francisco Correa de Arauxo

    Batalla de Morales

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor (arr Kreisler)

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Charles Reiner.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Sonata in G minor

    Performer: Burkhard Glaetzner and Ingo Goritzki (oboes). Performer: Thomas Reinhardt (bassoon). Performer: Siegfried Pank (viola de gamba). Performer: Achim Beyer (violin). Performer: Christine Schonsheim (harpsichord).
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sursum corda Op.11

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No.5 in F Op.70 No.1 'Ghost'

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Pierre Fournier. Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • DG.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Performer: Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh. Performer: Duncan Ferguson (conductor).
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem: Sanctus

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of St.Cecilia.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Decca.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Festival Polonaise Op.12

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No.3 'Organ Symphony'

    Performer: Marcel Dupr茅. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chaconne from partita no 2 in D minor

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • Aura.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Op.10 no.6 in G

    Performer: Wissam Boustany.
    • Nimbus.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Oct 2013 09:00
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