Friday - Rob Cowan with Gareth Malone
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Fasch: Quartets and Concertos, with Ensemble Marsyas; Brainteaser: Only Connect; Rob's Essential Choice: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6.
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the charismatic broadcaster and choirmaster Gareth Malone. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Only Connect.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Fasch: Quartets and Concertos - Ensemble Marsyas, LINN. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Proms Artist of the Week: John Wilson
10:30
Rob's guest this week is the charismatic broadcaster and choirmaster, Gareth Malone. Ahead of his appearance in one of the highlights of this year's Proms season, the War Horse Prom, Gareth will be talking to Rob about his passion for choral music. He is best known for his television appearances in programmes about singing and introducing choral music to new participants, including the BAFTA-winning series, The Choir. He has also worked for the London Symphony Orchestra at LSO St Luke's, where he ran their youth choir and community choir, and later became involved with The Knight Crew, a youth opera performed at Glyndebourne and filmed for the 大象传媒 television series Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne. More recently he formed the Military Wives Choir, releasing records that reached No. 1 in the UK singles and albums charts, and he now directs the Gareth Malone Voices. Gareth was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Birthday Honours, for services to music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.6
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor).
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Only Connect
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.6
Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Orfeo.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Le Rouet d'Omphale
Conductor: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture for 3 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola and basso continuo TWV55
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Teldec.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Quartet in F major
Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.- Linn.
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Gerald Finzi
Farewell to Arms, Op. 9
Conductor: David Hill. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Singer: James Gilchrist.- Naxos.
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Joseph Haydn
Die Feuersbrunst (Overture)
Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.- BIS.
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Robert Farnon
Captain Horatio Hornblower: Suite
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.- Dutton.
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Richard Rodgers
Carousel: 鈥楥arousel Waltz鈥�
Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra.- EMI.
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Felix Mendelssohn
6 Songs (Op.34), no.2; Auf Flugeln des Gesanges
Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet. Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy.- Petits-Fours, Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
- Chandos.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Organ Sonata No. 2 in C minor
Performer: Peter Hurford.- Decca.
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Olivier Messiaen
Vingt regards sure l鈥檈nfant Jesus: Regard du Pere
Performer: Yvonne Loriod.- Apex.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pezzo capriccioso
Performer: Ofra Harnoy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- RCA.
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Regino S谩inz de la Maza
Zapateado
Performer: Sharon Isbin.- Virgin.
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