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Friday - Rob Cowan with Bill Oddie

With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Mihaela Ursuleasa and Romanian Rhapsody; A brainteaser; Artist of the Week: Antal Dorati; Bill Oddie; 叠补谤迟贸办: Dance Suite.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romanian Rhapsody BERLIN CLASSICS 16642BC. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Antal Dorati.

10.30am
This week marks the 125th anniversary of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), and Rob's guest is the wildlife presenter, writer, musician and conservationist, Bill Oddie. Bill became famous as one of The Goodies, having previously written scripts for TV's That Was The Week That Was while a student at Cambridge. He was also a key member of the 91热爆 radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, where many of his musical compositions were featured. Since the 1990s, he has become better known as a presenter of 91热爆 wildlife programmes.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
叠补谤迟贸办
Dance Suite
Philharmonia Hungarica
Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.

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Fri 21 Feb 2014 09:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Scherzo (Love for three oranges)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Piece D946 no 3

    Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Norman Hallam

    Dance Suite

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture: 'Samson'

    Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter.
    • DG.

  • anon

    Only Connect

    Conductor: anon.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka from The Bartered Bride

    Orchestra: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Trio Pathetique

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding March (Peer Gynt)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dances op. 72 Nos. 1,2,5,7

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in F major, RV 434

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E major op 116 no 6

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Music Arranger: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Dove (The Birds)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Mercury.

  • George Gershwin

    Tip-toes - musical comedy [1925], That certain feeling

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble, New York. Composer: Ira Gershwin. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Gershwin by Grofe: Harmonie Ensemble, New York.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Final recitative & chorus from The Creation

    Performer: Werner Hollweg. Performer: Brighton Festival Chorus. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • DECCA.

  • B茅la 叠补谤迟贸办

    Dance Suite, Sz.77

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • MERCURY.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in F major op 54

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Carl Nielsen

    The Fog is Lifting

    Performer: Judith Hall. Performer: Elinor Bennett.
    • Images and Impressions: Music for Flute & Harp.
    • Nimbus.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 35, 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret'

    Singer: Edith Wiens. Ensemble: Bach鈥怌ollegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
    • Hanssler Classic.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Only Connect

Answer: The connection was Clothing: Hat, Bolero, Clogs.

The music played:
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Falla
Fandango (Dance of the Miller鈥檚 Wife) from听The听Three-Cornered Hat听
Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Fr眉beck de Burgos (conductor)
EMI CMS 565997 2听听

Ravel
Bolero
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 456 569 2听听

H茅rold arr. Lanchbery
The Clog Dance from La Fille Mal Gardee听
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
John Lanchbery (conductor)
DECCA 430196 2听听
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