Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Janet Suzman
With Rob Cowan. My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Music in Time: Haydn: String Quartet, Op 50 No 2; Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Wolf: Italian Songbook (selection).
9am
My favourite... operatic overtures. Rob chooses some of his favourite operatic overtures from the Classical and Romantic periods, putting the spotlight on pieces including Chabrier's Gwendoline, Weber's Der Freischutz and Borodin's Prince Igor.
9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.
10am
Rob's guest is the actress and director Janet Suzman. Janet has appeared on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company in roles ranging from Beatrice and Kate to Ophelia and Lavinia, as well as a critically acclaimed Cleopatra. She became known on the big screen for her performance as Tsarina Alexandra in the Academy Award winning film Nicholas and Alexandra. In her native South Africa Janet has directed Brecht, Chekhov and Shakespeare, and here in the UK has recently turned to directing opera. Janet will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Purcell, Brahms, and Donizetti, every day at 10am.
10:30am
Music in Time: Classical
Rob places Music in Time as he turns to the Classical period and Haydn's consolidation of the four-movement classical structure, with the conventional fast-slow-minuet-fast sequence, in his String Quartet Op. 50 No. 2.
11am
Rob's artist of the week is the baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Celebrated as one of the finest lieder interpreters of all time, Fischer-Dieskau left a considerable recording legacy that has influenced generations of singers. Throughout the week Rob focuses specifically on the baritone's lieder skills, with song cycles by Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler, as well as selections of songs by Schubert and Wolf.
Wolf
Italian Songbook (selection)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano).
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Joseph Haydn
Contredanse, H XXXIc 17b
Performer: Ronald Brautigam.- BIS.
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Herbert Howells
Magnificat (Evening Canticles 'Collegium Regale')
Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Performer: Owain Park.- HYPERION.
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MY FAVOURITE...OPERATIC OVERTURES
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Alexander Borodin
Overture to Prince Igor
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Concertino in A minor for two pianos, Op 94
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Lilya Zilberstein.- EMI.
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George Frideric Handel
Delirio Amoroso HWV.99 (Sonata)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Elena Langer
Snow
Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Barcarolle no.3 in G flat major Op.42
Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Richard Wagner
Ein Schwert verhie脽 mir der Vater (Die Walkure, Act 1 Scene 3)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- MARIINSKY.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurka in A minor, Op.68 No.2
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Virgin Classics.
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JANET SUZMAN'S CHOICE NO.1
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Trad.
The Click Song
Singer: Miriam Makeba.- NASCENTE.
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JANET SUZMAN'S CHOICE NO.2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude; Allemande; Courante (Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV1008)
Performer: Pau Casals.- NAXOS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 No.2
Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Hyperion.
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MUSIC IN TIME: CLASSICAL
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in C major, Op 50 No 2
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- HYPERION.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU
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Hugo Wolf
Italian Songbook (a selection)
Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore.- EMI.
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Max Reger
Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Heinz R枚gner.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Francesco Maria Veracini
Overture No 3 in B flat major
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Veracini: 5 Overtures: Musica Antiqua Koln/Goebel.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Mystery Person
Answer: Jonas Kaufmann
Broadcast
- Tue 26 Apr 2016 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3