Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Richard Stilgoe
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Vocal Chamber Music; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: The Jerusalem Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Elijah (excerpt).
With Rob Cowan and his guest Richard Stilgoe.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Vocal Chamber Music'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys vocal quartets, sextets, duets and trios by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Shostakovich.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the songwriter, lyricist, and musician Richard Stilgoe. From writing musicals with Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera) appearances on Nationwide and That's Life and working as a double act with Peter Skellern - music has been at the heart of Richard's career. Richard will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet. Former 大象传媒 New Generation Artists, the quartet has been carving out a remarkable reputation in both string quartet and chamber music repertoire. Rob showcases their recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Schuann, Brahms and Shostakovich.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Mendelssohn
Elijah (excerpt from Part II)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Annelises Brumeister (soprano)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Theo Adam (bass)
Leipzig Radio Choir
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor).
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Music Played
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Moritz Moszkowski
Etude, Op.72 No.11
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo fantastique, Op.3
Orchestra: CBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stravinsky, Igor.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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5 Reasons to Love Vocal Chamber Music
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Moravian Duets: 9. The Ring & 11. The Captured Maiden
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No 192, 'Nun danket alle Gott'
Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
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Alexander Glazunov
Spring, Op.34
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G major, K.314
Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.- MIRARE.
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 1
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Winifred Atwell
Jubilee Rag
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 2
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Georges Bizet
Variations on themes from Carmen
Music Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz. Ensemble: Vladimir Horowitz.- RCA.
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 3
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Joe Stilgoe
Gold on Silver
Performer: Joe Stilgoe.- LINN.
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Artist of the Week: Jerusalem Quartet
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E flat major,Op.47
Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Essential Choice
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah (Opening of Part 2)
Singer: Theo Adam. Choir: Leipzig Radio Choir. Singer: Anneliese Brumeister. Singer: Elly Ameling. Singer: Peter Schreier. Singer: Gisela Schr枚ter. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.- PHILIPS.
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Franz Schubert
Allegro in A minor 'Lebenssturme', D.947
Performer: Jacques Rouvier. Performer: David Fray.- ERATO.
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Pietro Mascagni
L'Amico Fritz: intermezzo
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
Broadcast
- Tue 24 Feb 2015 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
Our Classical Century
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