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Wednesday with Rob Cowan - How to Smell Like a Georgian, Chopin's Military Polonaise, Derren Brown

Rob Cowan presents the best in classical music. Featured guest Derren Brown reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

Essential Classics with Rob Cowan

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

0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for a well known piece of music.

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 The extraordinary Derren Brown reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him. Part of Radio 3's 'Why Music? The Key to Memory', a long weekend at Wellcome Collection starting on Friday.

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Wed 11 Oct 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata - 1676 no.9 in B flat major

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • DHM.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C major, K 515 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Roger Quilter

    Love calls through the summer night

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Lost is my Quiet: Duets and Solo Songs.
    • BIS.
    • 029.

  • Richard Wagner

    Das Liebesverbot (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for cor anglais after BWV 54

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices Of Bach Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 (Valse)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laetatus sum

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Claude Debussy

    No. 2; Fetes (Nocturnes for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.

  • Michel Legrand

    Paris Violon

    Performer: Michel Legrand. Singer: Natalie Dessay.
    • ERATO.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Largo al Factotum

    Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Orchestra della Toscana. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 15.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson.
    • Avie.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    F锚te polonaise

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Godere e tacere

    Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.
    • Libro di Madrigali - Strozzi.
    • Thorofon.
    • 005.

  • Yann Tiersen

    La valse des monstres (Amelie)

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op 20 arr Druzecky (5th mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Reiner Wehle. Performer: Diethelm Jonas. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Dag Jensen. Performer: Georg Kl眉tsch. Performer: Klaus Lohrer. Performer: Bruno Schneider. Performer: Niklaus Frisch. Music Arranger: Georg Druschetzky. Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 10.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in G minor Op.79 no.2

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies Op.79, Klavierstucke Opp.117-119, Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise, D911)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Music Arranger: Dobrinka Tabakova. Orchestra: Riga Sinfonietta.
    • ONYX.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt, Op 23)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • Somei Satoh

    Bifu

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • John Wilbye

    The Lady Oriana for 6 voices [from "The triumphs of Oriana", 1601]

    Performer: David Miller. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Samson et Delilah: Bacchanale

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • DECCA.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schreker

    Der ferne Klang: Nachtstueck

    Orchestra: Royal Swedish Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Renes.
    • BIS.

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora staccato

    Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Victor Koptchinsky.
    • Rapsodia: Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
    • Naive.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Oct 2017 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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