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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.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 15 May 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in F Op.1 No.12: Allegro

    Performer: Michael Matthes. Performer: Graham Ashton. Music Arranger: Graham Ashton.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • EMI.
  • Artist Of The Week: George Szell

    • Gioachino Rossini

      L鈥橧taliana in Algeri: Overture

      Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
      • EMI.
  • 5 Reasons To Love: Brahms Late Piano Works

    • Johannes Brahms

      Intermezzo in E Op.116 No.6

      Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
      • RCA.
    • Johannes Brahms

      Romance in F Op.118 No.5

      Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
      • RCA.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to come - Suite (March)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • WARNER.
    • 0825646147243.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 - Maestoso

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER.
  • Francesco Manfredini

    Sinfonia IV in D

    Ensemble: Capricornus Consort Basel. Director: Peter Barczi.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le carnaval romain

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Virtuoso Orchestral Music, Miniature 7.
    • Philips.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux No.3 D.780

    Performer: Yves Nat.
    • EMI.
    • 76304.
  • Mike Leigh: Choice 1

    • Kurt Weill

      Alabama Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)

      Singer: Lotte Lenya. Choir: Unnamed choir. Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.
      • CONIFER.
    • Duke Ellington

      Creole Love Call

      Composer: Bubber Miley. Composer: Rudy Jackson. Ensemble: Comedian Harmonists.
      • MEMBRAN LABEL.
  • Rob's choices for Mike Leigh

    • Erno Dohnanyi

      Serenade in C major, Op. 10: iv Theme and variations

      Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan.
      • Music@Menlo.
    • Gavin Bryars

      Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

      Ensemble: The Hampton String Quartet.
      • POINT.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite - ballet

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.
    • EMI.
    • 0825646312207.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Almighty and everlasting God

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Phoenix Rising.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No.5 K.219

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra.
    • SONY.
    • GD87869.
  • Artist Of The Week: George Szell

    • Gustav Mahler

      Symphony No.4 in G major

      Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Singer: Judith Raskin. Conductor: George Szell.
      • SONY.

MYSTERY OBJECT

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  • Fri 15 May 2015 09:00

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