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Friday with Rob Cowan - Lakme's Flower Duet, Christine Rice, Stoke Potteries

Rob Cowan hears from leading British mezzo Christine Rice and wants your suggestions for companion pieces to the Flower Duet from Delibes's opera, Lakme.

Essential Classics with Rob Cowan

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

0930 Rob wants your suggestions for companion pieces to the Flower Duet from Delibes's opera Lakme. With one of the most beautiful and instantly recognisable melodies in all opera, the duet is a dreamy showcase for two soaring sopranos.

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 As part of the 大象传媒 Opera Season, leading British mezzo Christine Rice talks about her cultural influences and inspirations.

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Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka (Copp茅lia)

    Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major K.136

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.2 in D minor

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 2.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Sous le d么me 茅pais (Lakm茅)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 87 No 4

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Music Arranger: John Wallace. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot (Tea for two) (Op.16) [from 'No, no, Nanette']

    Music Arranger: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.

  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • RCA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio and Rondo concertante, D 487

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • EMI.

  • Richard Wagner

    Festive March (Parsifal)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Philips.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 93 in D major

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Herman Bellstedt

    Napoli

    Performer: Roger Webster. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas J Childs.
    • Essential Dyke Vol. III: Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J Childs.
    • Doyen.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27 No 4

    Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Portraits.
    • Sony.
    • 14.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Noonday Witch, Op 108

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade No 2 in F major, Op 38

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Op. 33-36, 38: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Fri 6 Oct 2017 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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