Thursday - Rob Cowan with Oliver James
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Bach Transcriptions; Proms Artist of the Week: The Tallis Scholars; Rob's Essential Choice: Haydn: Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauer).
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the clinical and occupational psychologist, Oliver James. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Who am I?
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach Transcriptions featuring Alexis Weissenberg and Bruno Leonardo Gelber. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Proms Artist of the Week: the Tallis Scholars
10:30
Rob's guest this week is the clinical and occupational psychologist, Oliver James, who also works as a writer, journalist, broadcaster and television documentary producer and presenter. His work includes various studies of modern-day living (the books Affluenza, Office Politics and Britain on the Couch - which was also a successful documentary series for Channel 4). He has written best-selling guides to parenting, and also on how to develop emotional health, and an approach to dementia (Contented Dementia).
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Haydn
Symphony No.44 in E minor, 'Trauer'
RIAS Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor).
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Erno Dohnanyi
String Quartet No.1 in A major, Op.7
Ensemble: Psophos Quartet.- AR RE-SE.
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Georges Bizet
Farandole (Incidental music to L'Arlesienne, Act III, tableau 4)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Choir: Choir of Lyon National Opera.- NAIVE.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Quartet, K.370
Performer: Fumiaki Miyamoto. Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.- NOVALIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B minor
Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti. Performer: Alexis Weissenberg.- EMI.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon: Overture
Performer: Otto Klemperer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- EMI.
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Alexander Glazunov
Albumblatt
Performer: Alexander Markovich. Performer: Sergei Nakariakov.- TELDEC.
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Francisco Guerrero
Ave Maria
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Joachim Raff
Romeo and Juliet - overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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William Herschel
Symphony no.2 in D major
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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John Taverner
Magnificat 脿 6
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone
Performer: Alexandre Doisy. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.- NAXOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hear my Prayer... Oh for the wings of a Dove
Performer: Andrew Lucas. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Choir: Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral. Performer: John Scott.- Hyperion.
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Arthur Sullivan
A Modern Major General (The Pirates of Penzance)
Singer: George Baker. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- EMI.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 Scottish dances (Op.59), no.2; Reel (Vivace)
Conductor: Arnold, Malcolm. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.44 in E minor 'Trauer'
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay. Orchestra: RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin. -
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Claude Debussy
Fetes galantes
Performer: Gonzalo Soriano. Singer: Victoria de los 脕ngeles.- EMI.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Who am I?
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