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Friday with Rob Cowan - Jacqueline Wilson, Bandstands

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 a well-known piece of music.
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.

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Fri 24 Nov 2017 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Siegfried-Idyll; Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Rondo in C minor, Op 1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 6.

  • James McCarthy

    Codebreaker; Enough & I shall meet him again

    Conductor: David Temple. Singer: Julia Boyle. Choir: Hertfordshire Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 204

    Conductor: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Europa Galante.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 (Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Franti拧ek Ond艡铆膷ek

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 18

    Performer: Pavel 艩porcl. Performer: Petr Ji艡铆kovsk媒.
    • Supraphon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    O temerario Arbace... Per quel paterno amplesso, K 79

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Mozart: Airs D'Operas et de Concert.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Galop (Little Suite No 2 for brass band)

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Conifer.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.

  • Julien-Fran莽ois Zbinden

    Sonatine for flute and piano, Op.5 (1945)

    Performer: Franziska Badertscher. Performer: Anne de Dadelsen.
    • GALLO.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Concerto for orchestra (Sz.116), 5th mvt; Finale (Pesante - presto)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Senesino Players. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • Bach Motets.
    • Signum.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Blue-Eyes Fairy (The Starlight Express, Op 78)

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 9.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Gilbert B茅caud

    La machine a ecrire

    Performer: Gilbert B茅caud. Orchestra: Orchestra Raymond Bernard. Conductor: Raymond Bernard.
    • Gilbert B茅caud: La Machine a ecrire.
    • Bibliot猫que nationale de France.
    • 1.

  • Anon.

    Danza del hacha

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Five Variations on 'Rule Britannia', WoO 79

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Beethoven: Piano Variations: Olli Mustonen.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Anton Webern

    Langsamer Satz

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.

  • John Sheppard

    Credo (Western Wind Mass)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale Suite, Op 18

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Swedish Society.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, K 472

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.

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