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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Stewart Copeland

With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Gustav Mahler and Military Music in Jihlava; Artist of the Week: Marie-Claire Alain; Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor.

with Rob Cowan and his guest, the drummer and composer, Stewart Copeland.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Gustav Mahler and Military Music in Jihlava, 1875: ARCODIVA. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Marie-Claire Alain.

10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the drummer and composer, Stewart Copeland. Stewart is best known as the former drummer co-founder of the rock band, The Police. Stewart moved beyond the rock arena in the mid-1980s, when he returned to his classical roots with creative pursuits in concert and film music. His numerous film scores include Oliver Stone's Wall Street and the Golden Globe-nominated soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, while his work in television includes contributions to Babylon 5 and Desperate Housewives. His career includes the sale of more than 60 million records worldwide, and numerous awards, including five Grammys, as well as a Grammy nomination for his 2005 CD "Orchestralli". He has also written for ballet, opera and orchestras, and the world premiere of his Percussion Concerto will be performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko later this month.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Strauss
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.13
Faur茅 Quartet.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Pierre-Yves Hodique.
    • Warner.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Klavierstucke, Op.118

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • Erato.
  • Josef Franz Wagner

    Freiherr von Hess Marsch No.49

    Ensemble: The Prague Castle Guard and Czech Police Band. Conductor: Colonel Vaclav Blahunek.
    • Arco Diva.
  • Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Paria Overture

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Naxos.
  • anon

    Back to the Beginning

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir (Selva morale e spirituale)

    Choir: Cantus C枚lln. Orchestra: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Konrad Jungh盲nel.
    • Selva Morale E Spirituale.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • anon

    Back to the Beginning

  • Ludwig Thuille

    Quartettsatz

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Champs Hill.
  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes

    Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Pi猫ce h茅ro茂que

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • Erato.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso (Op.6`6) in G minor

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Desmond Dekker

    The Israelites听

    Ensemble: Desmond Dekker & the Aces. Composer: Leslie Kong.
    • Connisseur Collection.
  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction (Part One)

    Performer: Rolf Hind. Performer: Nicolas Hodges.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - suite no. 1

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.
    • Overtures: Miniature 6.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Richard Strauss

    Piano Quartet in C minor, Op 13

    Ensemble: Faure Quartet.
    • Sony.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music: selection

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
    • EMI.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Back to the Beginning

The music played:

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Prelude No. 1 for piano

Michael Tilson Thomas (piano)

CBS CD39699

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