大象传媒

9am
My favourite...sonatinas. Throughout the week Rob showcases a range of 'small sonatas' by composers including CPE Bach, Busoni and Ravel. Sonatinas are usually lighter in feel and less demanding than a full sonata, but it's still possible to pack plenty into these smaller forms. Expect flair, technical wizardry, whimsy and more besides.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
Rob's guest is the veteran correspondent and author Kate Adie. Kate became a familiar face on our televisions as the 大象传媒's chief news correspondent, reporting from war zones around the world and covering major events including the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Rwandan genocide and the Gulf War. She went on to write a number of books including Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War and her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on 大象传媒 Radio 4. Kate talks about her career and shares a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Ethel Smyth and Carl Michael Bellman, and Smetana's Ma Vlast, which she heard whilst reporting on the 'Velvet Revolution' in Prague.

10.30am
Music in Time: Modern
Rob places Music in Time. Polystylism was probably created by Russian composer Alfred Schnittke who once said "The goal of my life is to unify serious music and light music, even if I break my neck in doing so". The term refers to the multiple uses of styles and themes in music, as demonstrated by the composer Osvaldo Golijov in his Wa Habibi, which ranges further and wider than most.

11am
In the week leading up to the start of the Proms Rob's featured artist is the 'First Night' conductor Sakari Oramo. Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he currently serves as their Honorary Conductor. Rob shares Oramo's interpretations of works by composers including Rachmaninov, Lindberg and Sibelius.

Sibelius
Tapiola Op.112
City of Birmingham Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor).