Thursday with Rob Cowan - The Talking Mongoose, James MacMillan's O Radiant Dawn, Antonio Pappano
Rob Cowan presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music. Royal Opera House Music Director Antonio Pappano lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
Essential Classics with Rob Cowan
Rob takes us through the morning with the best in classical music:
0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for O Radiant Dawn, the most popular of James MacMillan's Strathclyde motets.
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Conductor and pianist Sir Antonio Pappano talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped him throughout his life.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 4 in G major, BWV 1069 (Overture)
Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 13.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondino in E flat major for wind octet, WoO 25
Performer: Victoria Wood. Performer: Peter Francomb. Performer: Martin Field. Performer: George Caird. Performer: Michael Harris. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Angela Malsbury. Performer: Gareth Newman. Performer: Simon Morgan. Ensemble: The Albion Ensemble.- Hummel/Beethoven/Gluck: Wind Music: Albion Ensemble.
- Helios.
- 13.
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L奴cija Gar奴ta
Prelude in E major for piano
Performer: Reinis Zari艈拧.- LMIC/Skani.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 English dances - set 1 Op.27
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.- Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
- Lyrita.
- 1.
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James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K 299 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie鈥怭ierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
- EMI Classics.
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Madeleine Dring
Song of a Nightclub Proprietress (Five Betjeman Songs)
Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.- BLAH BLAH BLAH and other trifles........
- HYPERION.
- 015.
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op 28
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- EMI.
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Henri B眉sser
Appassionato Op.34
Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.- HYPERION.
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Maurice Ravel
Petit Poucet (Ma m猫re l'Oye, for piano duet)
Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
- 20.
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Maurice Ravel
Laideronnette, imp茅ratrice des pagodes (Ma m猫re l'oye)
Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
- 21.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in F major, HWV 293
Performer: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.- ERATO.
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Thomas Tallis
O nata lux de lumine
Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.- Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
- Obsidian.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata no.140)
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.- JS Bach: Cantatas 52: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Arthur Sullivan
The Mikado (Overture)
Librettist: William Gilbert. Orchestra: The D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.- Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
- TER.
- 6.
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Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina (La boh猫me)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Favourite Tenor Arias: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends.
- Decca.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Stuart Green. Conductor: Paul Daniel.- Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4: Bournemouth Symphony Orch/Daniel.
- Naxos.
- 5.
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Claude Debussy
Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 15.
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Harold Arlen
Come Rain or Come Shine (St Louis Woman)
Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: David Fink. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.- PHILIPS.
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Arthur Butterworth
Rain (Northern Summer Nights)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Butterworth.- A Butterworth, Symphony no.5: RSNO/Butterworth.
- Epoch.
- 5.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Viola d'amore Concerto in A major, RV.396
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Virgin Classics.
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Herbert Howells
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, 'Collegium Regale'
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- DECCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Variations in C major, H XVII 5
Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.- Haydn: Complete Piano Sonatas: Rudolf Buchbinder.
- Warner Classics.
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Aram Khachaturian
Spartacus - suite no. 1, Variation of Aegina and Bacchanal
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.- Khachaturian: Spartacus.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a
Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.- Chandos.
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- Thu 7 Dec 2017 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
Our Classical Century
Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.
Time Travellers: the podcast
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