Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Jonathan Coe
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Telemann - Paris Quartets; Brainteaser: Originally Written For; Proms Artist of the Week: Truls Mork; Author Jonathan Coe.
Rob's guest this week is the author Jonathan Coe. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Originally Written For.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Telemann - Paris Quartets, Bartold/Sigiswald/Wielan Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt, SONY. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Proms Artist of the Week: Truls Mork.
10:30
Rob's guest this week is the author Jonathan Coe, whose novel What a Carve Up! won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. It was followed by The House of Sleep, which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel award. What a Carve Up! and a later novel, The Rotters' Club, were adapted as drama serials for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4. He has also written a biography of the experimental British novelist BS Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize.
Music is a constant thread in Jonathan's oeuvre, and he is a lifelong fan of Canterbury progressive rock. He made a record, 9th & 13th, a collection of readings of his work, set to music by Jazz pianist/double bass player Danny Manners and Indie pop artist Louis Philippe.
Jonathan has been a jury member at the Venice and Edinburgh Film Festivals, as well as a judge for the Man Booker Prize.
Rob's guest this week is the author Jonathan Coe, whose novel What a Carve Up! won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. It was followed by The House of Sleep, which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Novel award. What a Carve Up! and a later novel, The Rotters' Club, were adapted as drama serials for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4. He has also written a biography of the experimental British novelist BS Johnson, Like a Fiery Elephant, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize.
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Music Played
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Today's Brainteaser - Originally Written For...?
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Johannes Brahms
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)
Choir: Radiokören. Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammarkör. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Steve Reich
Vermont Counterpoint
Performer: Claire Marchand.- Atma.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Carnival Overture, Op 92
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.- EMI.
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Aaron Jay Kernis
Air for Cello and Orchestra
Performer: Truls Mørk. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Eije Oue.- Virgin.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Paris Quartet no 5 (Hamburg 1730 ‘Premiere Suite)’
Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Gustav Leonhardt. Performer: Barthold Kuijken.- Sony.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Quando le sere al placido (Act 2, Luisa Miller)
Conductor: Peter Maag. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- Decca.
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Miklós Rózsa
Notturno Ungherese
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Sedares.- Koch.
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Johann Strauss II
Thunder and Lightning Polka op 324
Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.- DG.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite italienne for cello and piano
Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Lars Vogt.- Russian Cello Sonatas.
- Virgin.
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Today's Brainteaser Answer - Originally Written For
The piece played was originally written for tenor and orchestra: the aria ‘Quando le sere al placido’ from Act Two of the opera Luisa Miller, by Verdi. The arrangement was for string quartet, made by Emanuele Muzio – a composer and conductor friend of Verdi.
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The music played:
Verdi arr. Emanuele Muzio
Quando le sere al placido (Act 2, Luisa Miller)
Hagen Quartet
DG 447 069 2
Broadcast
- Tue 19 Aug 2014 09:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3