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Friday - Rob Cowan with Fleur Adcock

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Violin Romances; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: pianist Mitsuko Uchida, featured in Chopin's Piano Sonata No 3.

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Violin Romances'. Rob plays some of these beguiling pieces ranging from the song-like second Romance by Beethoven to a sultry Spanish showpiece by Sarasate and the lyrical outpouring of Dvorak's Romance in F minor.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: identify the two pieces being played together

10am
Rob's guest this week is the poet Fleur Adcock. Fleur was born in New Zealand but spent much of her childhood - and the second world war - in the UK, settling permanently here in 1963. Across a 50-year career she has produced numerous collections of poetry addressing identity, ancestry, relationship and insects. She has held academic positions as well as attracting significant awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Fleur will be discussing her career and sharing a selection of her favourite classical music with Rob every day at 10am.

10.30am
Vintage Proms 1915 - music inspired by a Prom from 100 years ago.
During the 大象传媒 Proms 2015 Rob takes a look at the Proms season from a century ago and plays music that reflects a time when concert programmes were quite different from those of today. This week Rob showcases highlights including Alexander Campbell Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto, a wind serenade by Mozart, and pieces from France and Russia that reflect Britain's international links during the war.

11am
This week Rob features recordings by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who will appear this Friday at the 大象传媒 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Rob introduces some of her renowned interpretations of Mozart, including the Sonata No. 15 in F and the Piano Concerto in C K467 from the complete series of Mozart concertos that Uchida is currently recording with the Cleveland Orchestra. There'll also be a complete performance of Schumann's Davidsb眉ndlert盲nze, Chopin's 3rd Sonata and Debussy's dazzling Etudes.

Chopin
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op 58
Mitsuko Uchida (piano).

3 hours

Music Played

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Six Little Piano Pieces, Op 19 (Nos 4 and 5)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Victor Ewald

    Brass Quintet No.3

    Performer: Stockholm Chamber Brass.
    • BIS.
  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...VIOLIN ROMANCES

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Romance No.1 in G major, Op.40

      Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
      • DG.
  • Edward Elgar

    Duet for trombone and double bass

    Performer: Duncan Wilson. Performer: John Tattersdill.
    • SOMM.
  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus Vir (Primo)

    Choir: Cantus C枚lln. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Konrad Jungh盲nel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • FLEUR ADCOCK'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Is my team ploughing? (On Wenlock Edge)

      Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson. Ensemble: The Duke Quartet.
      • NAXOS.
  • FLEUR ADCOCK'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Gillian Whitehead

      'On board the SS Fifeshire' (Alice, a monodrama)

      Singer: Helen Medlyn. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Taddei.
      • ATOLL.
  • FLEUR ADCOCK'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      'Dance of the Wives' (Chout)

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
      • DECCA.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Romance in A major, Op.28 No.1

    Performer: Arve Tellefsen. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • CAPRICE.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Tamara

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • CHANT DU MONDE.
  • Robert de Vis茅e

    Pieces in G major: Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Gigue

    Performer: Rafael Andia.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Dein blaues Auge, Op.59 no.8

    Singer: Bernarda Fink. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • PROMS ARTIST OF THE WEEK: MITSUKO UCHIDA

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58

      Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
      • PHILIPS.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No.5 in D major

    Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb. Conductor: Antonio Janigro.
    • VANGUARD.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet for 2 horns and strings, Op.81b

    Performer: Nury Guarnaschelli. Performer: Peter Erdei. Ensemble: Signum Quartet.
    • CAPRICCIO.

Imperfect Harmony

The music played:

Monteverdi
Beatus Vir (primo)
Cantus Colln
Concerto Palatino
Konrad Junghanel (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI

Holst
St Paul鈥檚 Suite: Ostinato - Presto
St Paul Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
DECCA

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