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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan explores how composers through the ages have represented sport and games, introducing works from Satie, Janacek and Waldteufel. Plus the latest Bach cantata: No 46.

How have composers through the ages represented sport and games? Rob Cowan reflects on this topical theme in his selection of music this morning, with works from Satie, Janacek and Waldteufel among others. And this week's Bach cantata, No. 46, comes from the acclaimed cycle of recordings directed by Gustav Leonhardt.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Aug 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Albert Von Tilzer

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    • American As Apple Pie.
    • Vox Box.
    • 1.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet No. 19 in D, Op. 15 No. 1

    • Luigi Boccherini. String Quartets - String Quintets.
    • Phoenix Edition.
    • 4 - 5.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Festive March (Mlada)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on bald Mountain.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei (Behold and see, if there be any sorrow)

    • Das Kantatewerk Vol. 3 BWV 37 - 52, 54 - 60.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15 - 20.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto No. 12 in A Kv 414

    • Edna Stern, Piano.
    • Zig Zag Classics.
    • 4 - 6.
  • Michael Torke

    Javelin

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • Michael Torke: Three: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 1.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die No 3 in A minor

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Satie: Gnossiennes, Gymnopedies: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Philips.
    • 17.
  • Traditional Catalan

    El Bon Cacador (The Good Hunter)

    • Catalan Songs.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 8.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters Waltz

    • Blue Danube Waltz.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Half-time

    • Works Inspried By Jazz and Sport.
    • Supraphon.
    • 16.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    • Tennstedt.
    • 大象传媒 Legends.
    • 6 - 10.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

    • Chopin Complete Mazurkas. Complet Impromptus. Berceuse.
    • Philips.
    • 13.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen, D.920

    • Schubert. Partsongs, Auf dem Strom, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Lieder.
    • Decca Eloquence.
    • 5.
  • George Gershwin & Heifetz

    Porgy and Bess

    • Heifetz: Gershwin and Encores.
    • RCA.
    • 4 - 9.
  • Robert Schumann & Theodor Adorno

    Kinderjahr

    • Kompositionen.
    • Wergo.
    • 14 - 19.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 6

    • Handel's Memories. A selection from Gradn Concertos op. 6.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11 - 15.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Aug 2012 09:00