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Monday - Rob Cowan with Samuel West

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Etudes; Record Review Recommendation: Shostakovich: Symphony No 9; Artist of the Week: Artur Rubinstein, in Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No 1.

9am
My favourite... 茅tudes. Rob showcases a selection of these works which many composers regarded not as traditional studies but demanding miniatures. He considers the innovation of Chopin, who transformed a traditionally dry exercise into an exploration of virtuoso technique, and features works ranging from Vieuxtemps's Concert 脡tudes and Rachmaninov's 脡tudes-Tableaux to Stravinsky's Four Orchestral 脡tudes and Bart贸k's Three 脡tudes Op. 18.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Rob's guest this week is the actor and director Samuel West. Samuel has received accolades for his work across stage and screen. He was nominated for a Bafta for his role in the acclaimed film Howards End, earned a Critics' Circle Award for his role as Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has performed to critical acclaim in West End productions including Lucy Prebble's play Enron. Currently playing Frank Edwards in the popular television series Mr Selfridge, Samuel also has experience behind the scenes directing plays and operas. He has toured with the Choir of London and provided narration for groups including the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Nash Ensemble, besides making a number of appearances at the Proms. Samuel will be talking about his life on and off stage and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music every day at 10am.

10:30am
Rob features Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's Record Review

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9 in E flat Op. 70

11am
Rob's artist of the week is the pianist Artur Rubinstein. Few musicians in living memory were more widely loved than Artur Rubinstein, so it's not surprising that he was always in demand as a chamber player. Though a musical giant in his own right, Rubinstein would happily - and regularly - join forces with his younger peers in pursuit of performances that combine wisdom and spontaneity. Throughout the week Rob shares some of Rubinstein's best ensemble playing, in works including Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Faur茅's Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata.

Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Artur Rubinstein, piano.

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Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz of the Flowers (Moscow Cheryomushki)

    Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • CHANDOS.

  • MY FAVOURITE...脡TUDES

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Study in C major, Op 10 No 1

      Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
      • DG.

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Etude in E major, Op.10 No.3

      Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
      • DG.

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      'Revolutionary Study' in C minor, Op .10 no.12

      Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
      • DG.

  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Marche lugubre

    Ensemble: The Wallace Collection. Conductor: John Wallace.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370

    Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Max Lesueur. Performer: J谩nos Scholz.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda.
    • DECCA.

  • SAMUEL WEST'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Charles Villiers Stanford

      Beati quorum via (3 Motets Op.38)

      Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
      • COLLEGIUM.

  • SAMUEL WEST'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Benjamin Britten

      The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell)

      Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
      • EMI.

  • THE BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST SATURDAY'S RECORD REVIEW

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Symphony No.9 in E flat major, Op.70

      Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.
      • BRILLIANT.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: ARTUR RUBINSTEIN

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49

      Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
      • RCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gott ist unsre Zuversicht (God is our confidence), BWV197 (a wedding cantata)

    Performer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Singer: Damien Guillon. Singer: Gerd T眉rk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

Mapping the Music

Answer: The Paradise Garden

The music played:

Delius (arr. Beecham)
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Feb 2016 09:00
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