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Monday with Rob Cowan - Christine Rice, Static Electricity Parties, Brahms' Academic Festival Overture

Rob Cowan brings the best in classical music, and is joined by leading British mezzo Christine Rice as part of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Opera Season.

Rob Cowan takes us through the morning with the best in classical music including :

0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture"

Written as a thank-you to the University of Breslau for an honorary doctorate, this overture is a sparkling, witty celebration of student life, inspired by several drinking songs.

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 As part of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Opera Season, leading British mezzo Christine Rice talks about her cultural influences and inspirations.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Edward Elgar

    W.N; Nimrod from Enigma Variations Op. 36

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Rolf Kleinert.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 4 harpsichords BWV 1065 Arr. for 8 Marimbas and Orchestra

    Ensemble: Wave Quartet. Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariodante - Doppo notte (Act 3 Sc 9)

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christine Rice.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet movement in B flat major K.516c

    Orchestrator: Robert Levin. Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • Mozart - Clarinet Concerto; Kegelstatt Trio - Martin Fröst.
    • BIS.
    • 7.
  • Kurt Weill

    Moritat vom Mackie Messer

    Singer: Lotte Lenya. Ensemble: Turk Murphy.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Woldemar Bargiel

    Adagio, Op.38

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Steven Isserlis plays Schumann.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Act 3 Waltz sequence)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • R.Strauss: Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Burleske: Thibaudet/Blomstedt.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op.3 no.1 in B flat

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat major, Op 10

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1 - 5: Ashkenazy, Previn.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Patrick Doyle

    Henry V: A Concert Suite For Actor And Orchestra - Excerpt

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Koch.
  • William Walton

    Henry V (Touch her soft lips and part; Agincourt Song)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • Walton: Scenes from Henry V etc..
    • EMI.
    • 11-12.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Phantasy op.2 for oboe, violin, viola and cello

    Ensemble: Britten Oboe Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Song of the Fir Tree - a Swedish Impression

    Performer: Phillip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 16.
  • Richard Wagner

    Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • CBS.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • La Belle Epoque - The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn: Susan Graham.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in A major, K.386

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Ensemble: Camerata Academica of Salzburg Mozarteum.
    • Mozart – Piano Concertos K246 & K413.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 2, Op 33

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 5.

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  • Mon 2 Oct 2017 09:00

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