Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Constantin Silvestri - The Complete EMI Recordings; Artist of the Week: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Mozart: Piano Concerto, K459.
Essential Classics guests in the month-long Baroque Spring season include baroque music enthusiasts, and this week Rob Cowan is joined by renowned jeweller, Kevin Coates. Kevin is an award-winning independent artist-goldsmith who creates one-off jewels, larger ceremonial silver items, medals, and small sculpture. He is known for his extraordinary technical virtuosity and symbolic imagery, which is drawn from mythology, folklore, music and mathematics. His work appears in private and public collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Museums of Scotland, the British Museum, the Silver Trust for No. 10 Downing Street, and the Goldsmiths' Company, London. He is also an accomplished instrumentalist, specialising in Baroque and early Classical music, and formed the Duo Vinaccia with his wife, Nel Romano.
Each week in Baroque Spring we feature pioneers of the Baroque repertoire as our Artists of the Week, and this week's artist is Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Each day on Essential Classics throughout the season, Simon Heighes offers his "Baroque Bites" insights into what is so special about the Baroque period: quirky looks at the composers; glimpses of the world as it was at the time; the musical treasures of the period. These Baroque Bites will all be available as downloads after broadcast.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Constantin Silvestri - The Complete EMI Recordings EMI ICON 7 23347 2.
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Baroque Spring Artist of the Week, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the great pioneers of early music performance.
10.30am
Essential Classics guests in the month-long Baroque Spring season include baroque music enthusiasts, and this week Rob Cowan is joined by renowned jeweller, Kevin Coates. Kevin is an award-winning independent artist-goldsmith who creates one-off jewels, larger ceremonial silver items, medals, and small sculpture. He is known for his extraordinary technical virtuosity and symbolic imagery, which is drawn from mythology, folklore, music and mathematics. His work appears in private and public collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Museums of Scotland, the British Museum, the Silver Trust for No. 10 Downing Street, and the Goldsmiths' Company, London. He is also an accomplished instrumentalist, specialising in Baroque and early Classical music, and formed the Duo Vinaccia with his wife, Nel Romano.
11am
Mozart: Piano Concerto in F, K.459
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Eduard Strauss
Bahn frei!
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- DECCA 425 426-2.
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9.03: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
- EMI 723347 2.
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Bridge
Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2: Romance, Intermezzo & Saltarello
Performers: Jack Liebeck (violin), Alexander Chaushian (cello), Ashley Wass (piano)
- NAXOS 8.570792.
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9.21: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Falla
Interlude (Danza No.1)
Performers: Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri (conductor)
- EMI 723347 2.
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Today's Brainteaser
Who's Dancing?
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Robert Schumann
Konzertstuck, Op. 86 for 4 horns and orchestra
Performers: Roger Montgomery, Gavin Edwards, Susan Dent, Robert Maskell (horns), Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 457 591-2.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Part One, The First Day of Christmas
Performers: Soloist of the Vienna Boys鈥� Choir (soprano soloist), Paul Esswood (alto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Vienna Boys鈥� Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
- TELDEC 9031 77610-2.
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10.30: Kevin Coates' Choices
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Antonio Vivaldi
Di due rai languir constante, RV 794/4
Performers: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (director)
- DECCA 466 569-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in G, K.453: III. Allegretto
Performers: Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra M眉llejens (conductor)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902147.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in F major, K.459
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday鈥檚 CD Review
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins and strings in A major, Op. 3 No. 5 (L'estro armonico), RV 519
Performers: Europa Galante, Isabella Longon (solo violin), Fabio Biondi (violin / director)
- VIRGIN VMD 545315-2.
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Eduard Strauss
Bahn frei!
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
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Frank Bridge
Miniature for Piano Trio No. 2
Performer: Alexander Chaushian. Performer: Ashley Wass. Performer: Jack Liebeck. -
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Manuel de Falla
Interlude (Danza No. 1)
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Sergey Prokofiev
Today's Brainteaser - Who's Dancing?
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Robert Schumann
Konzertstuck, Op. 86 for 4 horns and orchestra
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: The Young Juliet; Masks
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Part I (The First Day of Christmas)
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Antonio Vivaldi
Di due rai languir constante, RV 794/4
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in G, K.453: III. Allegretto
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in F major, K.459
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Antonio Vivaldi
Baroque Bite - Vivaldi's 12 Violin Concertos, Op. 3: No. 5
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for 2 violins and strings in A major, Op. 3 No. 5 (L'estro armonico)
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