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Monday - Rob Cowan with Armando Iannucci

With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Piano, with Myung-Whun Chung; Brainteaser: Place That Piece; Proms Artist of the Week: Simon Rattle; Essential Choice: Bach: Magnificat.

with Rob Cowan and his guest, the satirist, writer and producer Armando Iannucci.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Piano, Myung Whun Chung, ECM 2342. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Proms Artist of the Week: Simon Rattle.

10:30
Rob's guest this week is the satirist, writer, television director and radio producer, Armando Iannucci. Described by The Daily Telegraph as "the hardman of political satire" and by The Observer as one of the 50 Funniest Acts in British Comedy, he rose quickly through the 91热爆 with On the Hour and the television series, The Day Today. One of his and Steve Coogan's most famous creations from that series, Alan Partridge, went on to feature in a number of Armando's television and radio programmes including Knowing Me, Knowing You and I'm Alan Partridge.

As well as writing and producing, he has also fronted the satirical Armistice review shows and The Armando Iannucci Shows, for Channel 4. Moving back to the 91热爆 in 2005, he created the political sitcom The Thick of It, the spoof documentary Time Trumpet and the radio series, Charm Offensive. He has written an operetta libretto, Skin Deep, for Opera North, and his latest television project is the HBO political satire, Veep. Armando received an OBE in 2012 for services to broadcasting.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Bach
Magnificat
Maria Stader (soprano)
Hertha T枚pper (contralto)
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
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Mon 1 Sep 2014 09:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-Part Invention in F major, BWV.780

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat 聭La tempesta di mare聮, Op 8 No 5, RV 253

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    12 Variations on 'Ah! Vous dirais-je, maman' K.265

    Performer: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Decca.

  • anon

    Place that piece

    Conductor: anon.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    I crisantemi

    Ensemble: Alberni String Quartet.
    • CRD.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz No 14 in E minor, Op posth

    Performer: Claudio Arrau (piano).
    • PHILIPS.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • EMI.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Romanza andaluza, Op 22 No 1

    Performer: Christian Ferras (violin). Performer: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (piano).
    • BRILLIANT.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 in C (I. Allegro moderato)

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.

  • Herbert Howells

    I heard a voice from heaven (from the Requiem)

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • Naxos.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Fanfares (Studies - book 1)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat

    Singer: Ernst Haefliger. Choir: Munich Bach Choir. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: Hertha T枚pper. Singer: Maria Stader. Conductor: Karl Richter.
    • Archiv.

  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op 105

    Performer: Geza Hosszu-Legocky (violin). Performer: Matha Argerich (piano).
    • EMI.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe Overture

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Otto Klemperer (conductor).
    • EMI.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Place that Piece

The place was Ireland.

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The music played:

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Hamilton Harty
In Ireland
Colin Fleming (flute)
Denise Kelly (harp)
Ulster Orchestra
Bryden Thompson (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN6583

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  • Mon 1 Sep 2014 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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