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Rob Cowan

This week Rob Cowan's theme looks at the ways composers as varied as Elgar, Kodaly and Janacek have honoured the brave. Other works this morning include the legendary John McCormack singing arrangements of Irish traditional songs, Copland's Rodeo ballet suite and Mozart's Bassoon Concerto.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Mar 2016 09:00

Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in C Wq 174

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Zacharias.
    • Bach: Berlin Symphonies.
    • MDG Gold.
    • 001.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ode (Elegiac Chant in three parts)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Aaron Copland.
    • An American In Prague.
    • ROMANTIC ROBOT.
    • 003.
  • Ekaterina Murina

    Over The Fields

    Singer: Valentina Levko. Orchestra: Ossipov State Russian Orchestra.
    • Valentina Levko: Russian Folk Songs.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
    • 017.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    14 canons on the first eight bass notes of the Aria ground from the Goldberg Variations BWV1087

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin. Orchestra: Marlboro Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Pau Casals.
    • Pablo Casals: Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 015.
  • Edward Elgar

    Polonia, Op. 76

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Works by Edward Elgar performed by the Halle Orchestra.
    • HALLE.
    • 006.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    1.X.1905 (chamber orch. version by Reinbert de Leeuw)

    Ensemble: Het Collectief. Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Leos Janacek: Rikadla.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 004.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Psalmus hungaricus Op. 13

    Singer: Ernst Haefliger. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay. Choir: St. Hedwigs Cathedral Choir.
    • Ferenc Fricsay: Portrait.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 005.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo Suite

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Aaron Copland 1900-90: The Populist.
    • RCA.
    • 003.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Chaconne

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger.
    • Sofia Gubaidulina: Solo Piano Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 001.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Basson Concerto in B flat K191

    Performer: Danny Bond. Performer: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre: Mozart.
    • 005.
  • Anton Webern

    Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • LSO/Dorati: Works by Schoenberg, Webern & Berg.
    • MERCURY.
    • 006.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Marguerite Jewel Song

    Singer: Teresa Stich-Randall. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Mar 2016 09:00