Friday - Rob Cowan with Mike Leigh
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Brahms Late Piano Pieces; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: George Szell, who is featured conducting Mahler's Symphony No 4.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Brahms late piano pieces'. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for Brahms's Indian summer piano works, showcasing recordings by pianists including Gerhard Oppitz, Yves Nat, Sviatoslav Richter, Arthur Rubinstein and Clifford Curzon.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery music-related object.
10am
Rob's guest this week, sharing his favourite classical music every day, is the celebrated writer and award-winning director Mike Leigh. Well known for films including Abigail's Party, Topsy-Turvy and Mr. Turner, Mike will be talking about the style of his work, how he chooses music for his films and his operatic directorial debut with a new staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is the conductor George Szell. Known for being a harsh taskmaster, Szell moulded the musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra into a world-class ensemble. Throughout the week Rob explores Szell's recordings of favourite works including Sibelius's En Saga, Josef Strauss's Delerien Waltz and Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije and reflects on the balance of mind and feeling in Szell's interpretations of five great Fourth symphonies.
Mahler
Symphony No.4.
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Music Played
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George Frideric Handel
Sonata in F Op.1 No.12: Allegro
Performer: Michael Matthes. Performer: Graham Ashton. Music Arranger: Graham Ashton.- SIGNUM.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Trumpet Concerto in D major
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- EMI.
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Artist Of The Week: George Szell
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Gioachino Rossini
L鈥橧taliana in Algeri: Overture
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.- EMI.
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5 Reasons To Love: Brahms Late Piano Works
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E Op.116 No.6
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.- RCA.
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Johannes Brahms
Romance in F Op.118 No.5
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.- RCA.
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Arthur Bliss
Things to come - Suite (March)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- WARNER.
- 0825646147243.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 - Maestoso
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- WARNER.
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Francesco Manfredini
Sinfonia IV in D
Ensemble: Capricornus Consort Basel. Director: Peter Barczi.- CHRISTOPHORUS.
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Hector Berlioz
Le carnaval romain
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Virtuoso Orchestral Music, Miniature 7.
- Philips.
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Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux No.3 D.780
Performer: Yves Nat.- EMI.
- 76304.
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Mike Leigh: Choice 1
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Kurt Weill
Alabama Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
Singer: Lotte Lenya. Choir: Unnamed choir. Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.- CONIFER.
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Duke Ellington
Creole Love Call
Composer: Bubber Miley. Composer: Rudy Jackson. Ensemble: Comedian Harmonists.- MEMBRAN LABEL.
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Rob's choices for Mike Leigh
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Erno Dohnanyi
Serenade in C major, Op. 10: iv Theme and variations
Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan.- Music@Menlo.
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Gavin Bryars
Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Ensemble: The Hampton String Quartet.- POINT.
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Claude Debussy
Petite Suite - ballet
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.- EMI.
- 0825646312207.
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Orlando Gibbons
Almighty and everlasting God
Choir: Stile Antico.- The Phoenix Rising.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No.5 K.219
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra.- SONY.
- GD87869.
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Artist Of The Week: George Szell
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.4 in G major
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Singer: Judith Raskin. Conductor: George Szell.- SONY.
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MYSTERY OBJECT
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