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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Stephen Hough - French Album; conductor Osmo Vanska recommends Janacek's Glagolitic Mass; Rob's Essential Choice: Beethoven: Symphony No 7.

Today we have a new feature for Wednesdays: Lucky Dip. Be surprised between 11 and 12 as Rob dips into his CD collection and shares a piece - it could be a recent discovery, an old favourite, or simply something that just has to be heard. Expect the unexpected!

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Stephen Hough - French Album: HYPERION CDA67890; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.

10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom. Today, Osmo V盲nsk盲 recommends Janacek's Glagolitic Mass.

10.30am
Rob's guest this week is author and screenwriter Patrick Gale. Patrick has written a number of novels, his latest being A Perfectly Good Man, as well as short stories, novellas and a non-fiction book about the American novelist Armistead Maupin. He chaired the St Endellion Summer Music Festival in its Golden Jubilee year and also works as a book reviewer for The Daily Telegraph. When he is not writing he spends his time raising cattle and playing the baroque 'cello.

11am
Essential Choice
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor)
BIS SACD 1825/6.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 4 Sep 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicati from Sylvia

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 016.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Tuba Concerto in F minor

    Performer: John Fletcher. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056: Arioso

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 002.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    A Sussex Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • Various Artists

    Maths Again

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une Infante defunte

    Orchestra: The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin.
    • EMI.
  • Carl Stamitz

    Trio in G for 2 flutes and cello

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Performer: Marion Moonen. Performer: Barbara Kernig.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Schubert

    Abschied von der Harfe, D.406

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • DG.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Credo (Glagolitic Mass)

    Singer: Pavol Breslik. Performer: David Goode. Choir: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • LPO.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Kyllikki - Three Lyric Pieces for piano, Op 41

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Columbia.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no 5 in G minor

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutche Grammophon.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Universal.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat, Op. 20: Andante; Scherzo

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
  • Rachmaninov

    Moment musicale op 16 no 2

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (piano).
    • RCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Luigi Rossi

    Cantata 'Disperate speranze'

    Singer: Barbara Boden. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: Paivi Jarvio. Ensemble: Tragicomedia. Director: Stephen Stubbs.
    • Teldec.
  • Morley Calvert

    Suite 'From the Monteregian Hills'

    Ensemble: Center City Brass Quintet.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Sep 2013 09:00

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