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Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Dominic Dromgoole

Discover definitive recordings of classical music with your trusted guide Rob Cowan. His guest is theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole.

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10am
Rob's guest this week is the theatre and film director Dominic Dromgoole. Dominic was the Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe on London's Southbank for 10 years from 2006 to 2016. He grew up in a theatrical household; his mother was an actress, his father a director, and he'd formed his first theatre company by the age of 16. Dominic held positions at theatres in London and Oxford before taking the helm at Shakespeare's Globe where he built on the work of his predecessor, Mark Rylance, by emphasising his love of new writing and expanding the possibilities of the Globe; between 2014 and 2016 he took a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet to 197 countries. Despite Dominic's commitment to Shakespeare, he's renowned for nurturing contemporary talent; 65 new plays were premiered during his tenure at the Bush Theatre in London. As well as discussing his work as a director, Dominic shares his passion for classical music, choosing a selection of his favourite works.

10:30
Music on Location: Budapest
This week Rob explores music connected with Budapest. Today Rob tells of Franz Liszt's time as a highly prized teacher at the city's Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music, which is known today as the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.

11am
Proms Artist of the Week: Alina Ibragimova
Rob's Proms Artist of the Week is the Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova. Ibragimova is one of the world's leading violinists, excelling in a wide range of repertoire and as both a soloist and chamber player. Born in 1985, she studied at the Moscow Gnesin School before moving to the UK where she studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music. So far in her career, Ibragimova has performed with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Finnish Radio Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and with leading conductors including Valery Gergiev, Sir Mark Elder and Gianandrea Noseda. She's also worked as a soloist-director touring with groups such as the Britten Sinfonia, Academy of Ancient Music, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Ibragimova is also a member of the Chiaroscuro Quartet and has a regular recital partner in pianist C茅dric Tiberghien. This evening (6th September) she performs Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto at the 大象传媒 Proms with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski as part of a Russian-themed programme. Throughout the week Rob will be showcasing her wealth of recordings, from solo Bach, to Prokofiev's Second Sonata, Schubert's Fantasy in C major, D.934, and concertos by Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Mendelssohn.

Hartmann
Concerto funebre
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Britten Sinfonia.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Luciano Berio

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Cantos Sagrados: Virgin of Guadaloupe

    Performer: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.
    • CATALYST.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z.730

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • John Blow

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians (Pulses)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Signal. Director: Brad Lubman.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op.167

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Oleg Maisenberg.
    • EMI.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Viva Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's first choice

    • Scott Joplin

      Solace (Mexican Serenade)

      Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
      • EMI.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's second choice

    • Trad.

      Shenandoah

      Singer: Paul Robeson.
      • CONIFER.
  • Dominic Dromgoole's third choice

    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor: III. Allegro

      Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
      • DECCA.
  • Music on Location: Budapest

    • Franz Liszt

      Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 'Carnival in Pest'

      Performer: Georges Cziffra.
      • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in D major, H.15.8

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Proms artist of the week: Alina Ibragimova

    • Karl Amadeus Hartmann

      Concerto Funebre

      Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Jackie Shave. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
      • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug'

    Performer: Katharina Arfken. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.

Musical Challenge: Recording Rewind

The music played in reverse was the Prelude to Act 1 of Verdi's opera, La Traviata

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