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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (with Andras Schiff); Artist of the Week: Jascha Heifetz; Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Wellington's Victory.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Andr谩s Schiff (piano), ECM 476 4827.

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Jascha Heifetz.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics is the English actor and songwriter Clive Swift. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Other notable television roles include that of Roy in the British television series The Old Guys. Further TV appearances include Doctor Black in two of the 大象传媒's M.R. James adaptations, The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious; the 大象传媒 adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles; and he has appeared several times in Doctor Who. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur, and the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in the 大象传媒 1 series Born and Bred (2002-05).

As well as acting, Clive is a keen songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift (2007); and Clive Swift Entertains, performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op. 91
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dor谩ti (conductor)
MERCURY 475 8508.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat, K.270 鈥� Finale (Presto)

    Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 415 669-2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio Overture, Op. 72c

    Performers: Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0397.

  • 9.09: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue in G (BWV 860), and Prelude and Fugue in G minor (BWV 861), from The Wel

      Performers: Andr谩s Schiff (piano)

      • ECM 476 4827.

  • Kalinnikov

    The Cedar and the Palm, symphonic picture

    Performers: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01995.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      The Year in Question

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Kyrie, RV 587

    Performers: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, T玫nu Kaljuste (conductor)

    • CARUS 83-325.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performers: Zino Francescatti (violin), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • CSO-CD95-2.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Overture to Hansel and Gretel

    Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor)

    • DECCA 421 111-2.

  • 10.05: Artist of the Week - Jascha Heifetz

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Trio in E flat, Op. 70 No. 2

      Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Leonard Pennario (piano)

      • SONY 88691915552.

  • 10.30: Clive Swift's Choices

    • 骋盲测

      "Oh, what pain it is to part" (from The Beggar's Opera)

      Performers: Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

      • EMI 5 75972 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Konzertst眉ck for Four Horns, Op. 86 (original 1849 version)

    Performers: American Horn Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia, Dariusz Wi拧niewski (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.557747.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • B茅la Bart贸k

      Kossuth

      Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

      • PHILIPS 456 575-2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Konzertstuck for Four Horns, Op. 86 (original 1949 version)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491

    Performers: Christian Zacharias (piano and direction), Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    • MDG 940 1737-6.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Kossuth

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491

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  • Wed 21 Nov 2012 09:00
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