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Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Captain Pouch Clair de Lune, Jacqueline Wilson

Rob Cowan presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and author Dame Jacqueline Wilson names her cultural inspirations and influences.

Essential Classics with Rob Cowan

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

0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for Debussy's gentle impressionistic masterpiece for the piano Clair de Lune - one of his most popular works in no small part due to its appearance in numerous movie soundtracks. What would you suggest for someone who loved this piece?

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped her throughout her life.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Zais (Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche, Op 165b

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Poulenc: Music for 2 Pianos: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Un'aura amorosa - from Cosi fan Tutte

    Singer: Juan Diego Fl贸rez. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • JS Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10-12.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no. 3 in A minor Op.56 (Scottish) - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Thelonious Monk

    Misterioso

    Music Arranger: Tom Darter. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Kronos Quartet Plays Music Of Thelonious Monk.
    • SAVOY JAZZ.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage a Rameau

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA.
  • Franz Schubert

    The Magic Harp (overture)

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • DHM.
  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    Pavana "La Battaglia" (Instrumental)

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Carlos V: Mille Regretz.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    4 Romantic Pieces, Op. 75

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Jan谩膷ek, Dvo艡谩k & Suk: Works for Violin and Piano.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4-7.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Clair de lune (2 Songs Op.46)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • A Verlaine Songbook.
    • BIS.
    • 25.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.1 in F minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • WARNER.
  • Trad.

    Dark Eyes

    Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Orchestra: Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, 'Cavatina'

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Zig Zag.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Suite in the Old Style - III: The riddle of the barrel-organ player

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaityt臈-Storastien臈. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • ECM.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia Z.328 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances arr Szekely

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong. Music Arranger: Zolt谩n Sz茅kely.
    • Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 24-29.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont - incidental music Op.84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 / Corialan / Egmont.
    • L'OISEAU LYRE.
    • 7.
  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chaconne (King Arthur)

    Conductor: William Cristie. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants Orchestra.
    • ERATO.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op 61

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon : 479 6127.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sun Has Set from Six songs Op.73

    Performer: Dmitri Horostovsky. Performer: Ivari Ilja.

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  • Wed 22 Nov 2017 09:00

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