Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Gerald Scarfe
With Rob Cowan. Including Musical challenge; Music in Time: Monteverdi: Lament of the Nymph; Artist of the Week: George Malcolm, featured playing Mozart's Piano Sonata in F, K497.
9am
Rob sets the tone and mood of the day's programme with a range of music to intrigue, surprise and entertain.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: can you name the television show or film that featured this piece of classical music?鈥
10am
Rob's guest this week is the cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe. Gerald began working for Punch magazine and Private Eye, and went on to become one of the UK's most distinguished cartoonists, enjoying long associations with The Sunday Times and The New Yorker. He's also designed sets for productions at both English National Opera and English National Ballet, as well as animation sequences for Walt Disney's Hercules. In the course of a career spanning more than 50 years, Gerald has met and drawn luminaries including Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland and former US President Lyndon B Johnson, so he has a few stories up his sleeve. As well as discussing his life, Gerald will be sharing some of his favourite classical music.
10.30am
Music in Time: Baroque
Rob's examines the overlap between the Italian Madrigal and Baroque Opera in the passionate Lament of the Nymph, from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals.
11am
Artist of the Week: George Malcolm
This week Rob celebrates 100 years since the birth of English keyboard player and conductor George Malcolm. Malcolm was one of the most revered harpsichordists of his generation, and each day this week Rob explores his illustrious career with recordings that demonstrate his talents not only as a harpsichordist, but also as an organist, fortepianist and conductor. The recordings reflect Malcolm's fervent championing of baroque keyboard masters such as Domenico Scarlatti and JS Bach, in addition to his association with Benjamin Britten, plus a rare instance of him duetting with Andr谩s Schiff in a sonata by Mozart.
Mozart
Sonata for Piano Duet in F major, K.497
Andr谩s Schiff & George Malcolm (fortepiano duo).
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Louis鈥怌laude Daquin
Premier livre de pieces de clavecin - Troisieme Suite: Le Coucou
Performer: George Malcolm.- DECCA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pezzo Capriccioso Op.62
Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- PENTATONE.
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Sophia Corri Dussek
Sonata in C minor
Performer: Isabelle Perrin.- CALA.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 2
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
- Decca.
- 6.
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Alberto Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas Op.2
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- EMI.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Carnival Overture
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- Antonin Dvorak.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Benjamin Britten
Friday Afternoons, Op.7 (Old Abram Brown)
Choir: New London Children鈥檚 Choir. Performer: Alexander Wells. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- NAXOS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto
Performer: Benny Goodman. Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Ensemble. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.- SONY.
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Aaron Copland
Rodeo: Hoe-down
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.- SONY.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Miserere
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent.- PHI.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Madrigali Guerrieri et amoroso: Lamento della ninfa
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Andrew King. Singer: Alan Ewing. Ensemble: Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.- VIRGIN.
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Edward Elgar
In the South 'Alassio'
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- HYPERION.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for Piano Duet in F, K.497
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Performer: George Malcolm.- DECCA.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Jota aragonesa
Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.- RCA.
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Franz Liszt
Die Lorelei
Performer: James Lockhart. Singer: Margaret Price.- EMI.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's suite Op.29`2
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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- Wed 1 Mar 2017 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3