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Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Toccatas; Music in Time: Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto; Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Toccatas'. The Toccata takes its name from the Italian verb 'toccare' - to touch - and is most closely associated with keyboard music. Throughout the week Rob explores this virtuosic form, showcasing its level of invention and adaptability. With examples ranging from Bach's evergreen Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 to Toccatas by Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams, Rob offers a ringside view of pieces designed to show off the dexterity of their players.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?

10am
This week's guest is the conductor and comedian Rainer Hersch. Famous for combining his musical skills with stand-up comedy, Rainer has performed in comedy clubs around the world, making numerous appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and putting on comedy-concert series at London's Southbank Centre. He has presented comedy concert programmes with orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the St Petersburg Philharmonic, and made a documentary series, 'All The Right Notes, Not Necessarily in the Right Order' for 大象传媒 Radio 4. Rainer will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Rob places Music in Time as he explores the new freedom of emotional expression that wind instruments gained during the 20th century, as heard in Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto.

11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is the Philharmonia Orchestra, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Founded by Walter Legge in 1945, the Philharmonia quickly became associated with many of the great classical artists of the 20th century. Throughout the week Rob showcases performances by the orchestra's principal and guest conductors.

Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor).

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Tue 3 Nov 2015 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gottfrid Berg

    Sa ja malar, donna Bianca

    Choir: Uppsala Universtiy Chamber Choir. Director: Stefan Parkman.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • RCA.

  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...TOCCATAS

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Toccata in D minor, Op.11

      Performer: Byron Janis.
      • MERCURY.

  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio and Rondo concertante, D 487

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • EMI.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA LIVING STEREO.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations Concertantes, Op 17

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage a Rameau

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage a Haydn for piano

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Images, Arabesques: Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 11.

  • RAINER HERSCH'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      III. Presto (Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K.364)

      Performer: Igor Oistrakh. Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
      • Clarinet Concerto K622 / Sinfonia Concertante K364.
      • DECCA.
      • 6.

  • RAINER HERSCH'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      III. Precipitato (Piano Sonata No.7, Op.83)

      Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.
      • DG.

  • Josef Strauss

    Austrian Village Swallows

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

  • Johann Strauss

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

  • Music in time: Modern

    • Carl Nielsen

      Clarinet Concerto, Op.57

      Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
      • BIS.

  • ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA

    • Manuel de Falla

      The Three-Cornered Hat (Suite)

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
      • EMI.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in D minor Op.16`12

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Ferdinand Ries

    Symphony No.1 in D major, Op.23

    Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • cpo.

By Association

Answer: Debussy and Rameau

The music played:

Debussy
Hommage a Rameau (Images, Book I)
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
PHILIPS

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  • Tue 3 Nov 2015 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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