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Monday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

Discover definitive recordings of classical music with your trusted guide Rob Cowan. His guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

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Take part in today's musical challenge: listen to the three clues and identify a mystery musical person.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole. Dominic was the Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe on London's Southbank for 10 years from 2006 to 2016. He grew up in a theatrical household; his mother was an actress, his father a director, and he'd formed his first theatre company by the age of 16. Dominic held positions at theatres in London and Oxford before taking the helm at Shakespeare's Globe where he built on the work of his predecessor, Mark Rylance, by emphasising his love of new writing and expanding the possibilities of the Globe; between 2014 and 2016 he took a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet to 197 countries. Despite Dominic's commitment to Shakespeare, he's renowned for nurturing contemporary talent; 65 new plays were premiered during his tenure at the Bush Theatre in London. As well as discussing his work as a director, Dominic shares his passion for classical music, choosing a selection of his favourite works by composers including Purcell, Bach and Scott Joplin.

10:30
Music on Location: Budapest
This week Rob explores music connected with the city of Budapest, beginning today with Zolt谩n Kod谩ly's Psalmus Hungaricus, a choral work commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the union of the cities Buda and Pest in 1923.

11am
Proms Artist of the Week: Alina Ibragimova
Rob's Proms Artist of the Week is the Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova. Ibragimova is one of the world's leading violinists, excelling in a wide range of repertoire and as both a soloist and chamber player. Born in 1985, she studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving to the UK where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. So far in her career, Ibragimova has performed with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Finnish Radio Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and with leading conductors including Valery Gergiev, Sir Mark Elder and Gianandrea Noseda. She's also worked as a soloist-director touring with groups such as the Britten Sinfonia, Academy of Ancient Music, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Ibragimova is also a member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet and has a regular recital partner in pianist C茅dric Tiberghien. This Wednesday (6th September) she performs Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto at the 91热爆 Proms with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski as part of a Russian-themed programme. Throughout the week Rob will be showcasing her wealth of recordings, from solo Bach, to Prokofiev's Second Violin Sonata, Schubert's Fantasy in C major, D.934, and concertos by Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Mendelssohn.

Bach
Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Alina Ibragimova (violin).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Hary Janos: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 40 in E flat major, H XVI 25

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Turandot (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis (Turandot - Scherzo)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
  • Dick Koomans

    The Jogger

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pezzo capriccioso - morceau de concert Op.62

    Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.
    • OLYMPIA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    'Warum ist das Licht gegeben?'

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Trad.

    Gat Kirwani

    Performer: Ravi Shankar.
    • BGO.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's first choice

    • Henry Purcell

      King Arthur (Act 5: Symphony)

      Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
      • Warner.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's second choice

    • Henry Purcell

      The Fairy Queen (O let me weep (The Plaint)

      Singer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
      • WARNER.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's third choice

    • Claire van Kampen

      'When icicles hang by the wall' (Love Labour's Lost)

  • Dominic Dromgoole's fourth choice

    • George Frideric Handel

      'Lascia ch'io pianga' (Rinaldo)

      Singer: Ewa Mallas-Godlewska. Conductor: Les Talens Lyriques.
      • NAIVE.
  • Music on Location: Budapest

    • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

      Psalmus Hungaricus

      Singer: J贸zsef Sim谩ndy. Choir: Budapest Chorus. Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Children's Chorus. Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
      • HUNGAROTON.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 脿 8 no.7

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • ARGO.
  • Proms Artist of the Week: Alina Ibragimova

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Sonata for solo violin No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

      Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
      • HYPERION.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Narcissus (Myths Op.30)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • SONY.

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