Friday - Rob Cowan with John Craven
With Sarah Walker. Including performances by Jussi Bjorling; Music in Time: Mozart: Divertimento in E flat; Nordic composers: Grieg: Holberg Suite.
9am
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season Rob has chosen a singer who was known as the 'Swedish Caruso", Jussi Bj枚rling. Rob serves up a feast of songs including works by Verdi, Beethoven, Puccini and Grieg. Along the way he showcases Bj枚rling's versatility, his dramatic sensibility and his deep connection with Scandinavia.
9.30am
Take part in today's challenge. Two pieces of music are played together - can you work out what they are?
10am
Rob's guest is the original Newsround anchor and Countryfile veteran John Craven. John is remembered by generations of children for his afternoon news bulletins and jazzy jumpers, and nowadays brings his unique brand of welly-wearing journalism to an audience of millions as he chronicles modern rural life in Countryfile. John will be sharing some of his favourite classical music, including wintery scenes from Sibelius and Vivaldi, a very merry rendition of O Come all ye Faithful courtesy of the American tenor and Hollywood star Mario Lanza, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto.
10.30am
Rob places Music in Time with Mozart's early Divertimento in E flat K166 - Classical wind music that would have formed the background for an aristocratic soir茅e.
11am
As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Rob features recordings of major works by leading Nordic composers. Throughout the week Rob explores music from the frozen North, showcasing composers including Stenhammar, Grieg, Kraus and Alfven.
Grieg
Holberg Suite
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Vom himmel hoch (chorale)
Performer: Stephen Farr. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- LINN.
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Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani
Trumpet Sonata no. 1 in C major
Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Performer: Hedwig Bilgram.- DG.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE...JUSSI BJ脰RLING
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Edvard Grieg
A Dream
Performer: Frederick Schauwecker. Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling.- RCA.
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Franz Liszt
Carillon (Christmas Tree Suite, S.186 No.6)
Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- NAXOS.
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Franz Liszt
Polish (Weihnachtsbaum)
Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- NAXOS.
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Trad. French
Away in a Manger
Music Arranger: Reginald Jacques. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Hans Christian Lumbye
Champagne Galop Op.14
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.- MARCO POLO.
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Francis Poulenc
3 Novelettes (Nos. 1 & 2)
Performer: Pascal Rog茅.- DECCA.
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Adolphe Adam
Giselle Act II (excerpts)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Chinese Dance (The Nutcracker)
Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.- DELOS.
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Leroy Anderson
Suite of Carols (arranged for brass)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- NAXOS.
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JOHN CRAVEN'S CHOICE NO.1
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Antonio Vivaldi
Winter (Four Seasons, Op.8 No.4)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- DG.
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JOHN CRAVEN'S CHOICE NO.2
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John Francis Wade
Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
Singer: Mario Lanza. Orchestra: Orchestra. Choir: Jeff Alexander Choir. Conductor: Ray Sinatra.- RCA.
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JOHN CRAVEN'S CHOICE NO.3
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Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov
Baba-Yaga
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- DG.
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Anon.
A mighty fortress is our God
Singer: Kirsten Flagstad. Performer: Sigvart Fotland.- DECCA ELOQUENCE.
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MUSIC IN TIME: CLASSICAL
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat K.166
Ensemble: Wiener Bl盲sersolisten.- DG.
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Martti Hela
Hiljainen joululaulu (A Quiet Christmas Song)
Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Conductor: Kari Ala-P枚ll盲nen.- ONDINE.
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Otto Kotilainen
Kun Joulu on (When it's Christmas)
Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Conductor: Kari Ala-P枚ll盲nen.- ONDINE.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Valse-Fantasie
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.- GUILD.
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NORDIC MASTERPIECE
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg suite (Op.40) - 2nd mvt; Sarabande
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- HANSSLER CLASSIC.
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Johannes Brahms
An ein Veilchen, Op.49, No.2
Performer: Petronel Malan.- HANNSLER CLASSIC.
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Anon.
Noel sing we, both all and some
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Billy Mayerl
Say it with Carols
Performer: Billy Mayerl. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christen, atzet diesen Tag, BWV63
Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- LINN.
Imperfect Harmony
The music played:
Tchaikovsky
Chinese Dance (The Nutcracker)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
RCA
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Leroy Anderson
Sleigh Ride
Emory Symphonic Winds
Scott A.Stewart (conductor)
NAXOS
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