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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Folk Dances; Artist of the Week: Hilliard Ensemble; Rob's Essential Choice: Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor.

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. His guest is the chef Monica Galetti.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... folk dances'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys works based on folk themes by Arnold, Grieg, Bartok and Bruch.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery object.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the chef Monica Galetti. Well known for her role as a judge on the cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals, Monica is the Senior Sous Chef at top London restaurant Le Gavroche. Monica will be sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble. Regarded as one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, The Hilliards have established a formidable reputation both for their interpretations of early music and for their premieres of works by living composers. As they celebrate their 40th anniversary and prepare for their final performance, Rob showcases favourite recordings chosen especially by the members of the ensemble.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

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Tue 16 Dec 2014 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Louis鈥怌laude Daquin

    Le coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • 5 Reasons to love... Folk Dances

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Swan Lake (Hungarian Dance)

      Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
      • DG.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Samson Fran莽ois.
    • EMI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Tuba Concerto in F minor

    Performer: Patrick Harrild. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • Anon.

      Lullay, I Saw

      Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Trio Sonata No 6 in F major

    Ensemble: Aura Musicale. Director: Bal谩zs M谩t茅.
    • CHR. W. Gluck The Seven Trio Sonatas Aura Musicale.
    • Hungaroton Classic.
    • 16.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Air de danse (Les martyrs)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Johann Gottlieb Naumann

    Sonata No.3 鈥� Andantino amaroso

    Performer: Thomas Bloch.
    • NAXOS.

  • Monica Galetti's Choice No. 1

    • Fernando Sor

      5 Fantasias Op.21 鈥� No.6 in G 鈥楲es Adieux!鈥�

      Performer: Luis Orlandini.
      • CPO.

  • Monica Galetti's Choice No. 2

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Tafelmusik: Production 2 - Suite in D major, 2nd and 3rd Air

      Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
      • ARCHIV.

  • Percy Grainger

    Blithe Bells

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • anon

      Madame d鈥檃mours

      Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
      • MUSICAL CONCEPTS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    My Homeland Op.62

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite/American Suite Overtures: Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

  • Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

      Viderunt omnes

      Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.

  • Robert Schumann

    Romance Op.94 no.2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Markus Becker.
    • Music for oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais and piano: Albrecht Mayer, Markus Beck.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Essential Choice

    • Robert Schumann

      Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (1841 version)

      Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
      • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No 1 in G, K313

    Performer: Werner Tripp. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in E minor

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.

Mystery Object

The Glass Harmonica

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    大象传媒 Radio 3

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