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Friday - Rob Cowan with Deborah Moggach

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Cello Miniatures; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Andris Nelsons, featured conducting Brahms's Piano Concerto No 2.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... cello miniatures'. Rob chooses a selection of bite-sized treats for cello that showcase all that the instrument has to offer, from its singing voice and mellow quality to a sense of gutsy attack and varied range of colour and tone. Throughout the week Rob shares his favourite compact works for the cello, with gems by composers including Rachmaninov, Saint-Sa毛ns and Mendelssohn.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: listen to the music and see if you can trace the classical inspiration.

10am
Rob's guest is author Deborah Moggach, who wrote the book behind the hit movie The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, and whose novel Tulip Fever is currently being filmed. Her screenplays for TV include adaptations of Pride and Prejudice (starring Keira Knightly) and the Diary of Anne Frank, plus dramas Seesaw and Stolen. She talks about the challenges of adapting novels for the screen and how she constructs a story, and her music choices range from Mozart and Shostakovich to Gershwin and Verdi.

11am
Rob's artist of the week is the Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons. In anticipation of Nelsons' performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Proms this weekend, Rob shares some major recordings by this exciting young conductor, who is currently in his first season as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Throughout the week Rob guides you through Nelsons' interpretations of works by composers ranging from Shostakovich and Stravinsky to Strauss and Brahms.

Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2
H茅l猫ne Grimaud (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor).

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Fri 17 Jul 2015 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    A Queen鈥檚 Fanfare

    Ensemble: The Wallace Collection. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...CELLO MINIATURES

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Variations concertantes

      Performer: J谩nos Starker. Performer: Gy枚rgy Seb枚k.
      • MERCURY.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major, Op 118 No 2

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • ERATO.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    From Bohemia's Fields and Forests (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Hieronymus Praetorius

    O quam pulchra es

    Ensemble: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado. Choir: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怌hor.
    • ARCHIV.

  • John Ireland

    Phantasie Trio in A minor

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • NAXOS.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.

  • DEBORAH MOGGACH'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor KV 626)

      Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • DEBORAH MOGGACH'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Joseph Haydn

      1st Sonata from The Seven Last Words of Christ

      Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.

  • DEBORAH MOGGACH'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Alexander Glazunov

      Melodie for cello and orchestra, Op.20 No.1

      Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 28 Op. 101

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Phaeton

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: ANDRIS NELSONS

    • Johannes Brahms

      Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Die Himmel erzahlen, SWV386

    Composer: Heinrich Sch眉tz. Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.

Classical Roots

The pop song was The World in Union by Charlie Skarbeck, derived from Jupiter, from Holst's The Planets.

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The music played:

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Charlie Skarbeck
The World in Union
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Barlow (conductor)
DECCA
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Holst
The Planets: Jupiter
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
WARNER

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Jul 2015 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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