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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms. Dances by Wagner and Bizet, Schumann's Kinderszenen and Copland's Clarinet Concerto are all included in the programme.

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Thu 23 Sep 201007:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon from From Holberg's Time Suite Op 40

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 419 474 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue, No. 11 in F major, BWV880 (The Well Tempered Klavier – Book 2: 24 Prelude

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • Hyperion CDS44430.

  • Herbert Howells

    All my hope on God is founded (text by Joachim Neander, translated by Robert Bridges)

    Performer: Winchester Cathedral Choir Performer: David Hill (Master of the Music) Performer: Philip Scriven (Organ)

    • HAVPCD 257.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    El albaicin, Iberia Suite

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Enrique Batiz (conductor)

    • Regis RRC 1298.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Te Deum HWV 278: Soli and Chorus: 'The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee.'

    Performer: The Netherlands Bach Society Performer: Jos van Veldoven (conductor)

    • Channel Classics CCS SA 29610.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Mazurka, Act III, Swan Lake

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas

    • Sony Classical S2K 46592.

  • Edward Elgar

    O Happy Eyes

    Performer: The King’s Singers

    • Signum Classics SIGCD147.

  • Georges Bizet

    Gypsy Dance, from the Carmen Symphony (trans. MSgt Donald Patterson)

    Arranger: Jose Serebrier Performer: ‘The President’s Own’ United States Marine Band Performer: Jose Serebrier (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.570727.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major K.136: II - Andante

    Performer: Moscow Virtuosi Performer: Vladimir Spivakov (conductor)

    • RCA RD60066.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse, No. 3 from Five Pieces. Op 31

    Performer: Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) Performer: Bengt Forsberg (piano)

    • BIS-CD-625.

  • Richard Wagner - Dance of the Apprentices and Entry of the Masters

    Performer: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Otto Klemperer (conductor)

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Performer: Dalton Baldwin.

    Performer: Felicity Lott Performer: Graham Johnson (piano)

    • IMP Classics PCD 898.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Final Dance

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • BMG 09026 62586 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air (Andante) from Suite from orchestral works by J.S. Bach

    Arranger: Mahler Performer: Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Performer: Peter Ruzicka (conductor)

    • Koch Schwann 3-1204-2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata for Trumpet and Strings, Z850

    Performer: The Purcell Quartet

    • Mark Bennett (trumpet).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Intermezzo in A Minor

    Performer: Truls Mork (cello) Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    • Virgin Classics 7243 5 45034 2 9.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Finale. Symphony No. 4

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pierre Monteux

    • WHRA 6034.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Cessa di Piu Resistere

    Performer: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Performer: Juan Diego Florez Performer: Orchestra Sinfonia e coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

    • Decca 470 024-2.

  • Hubert Parry

    Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

    Lyricist: John Greenleaf Whittier.

    Performer: Choir of St Paul’s Cathdral. Performer: Christopher Dearnley (organ) Performer: John Scott (conductor)

    • CDH55036.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Riccard Chailly (conductor)

    • DG 469 289-2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen Op 15

    Performer: Fou Ts’ong (piano)

    • Meridian CDE 84490/1.

  • Gilbert Vinter

    Hunter's Moon

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Pyatt (horn) Performer: Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)

    • LYRITA SRCD 316.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasie No. 8 in E major

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich (solo violin)

    • Naxos 8.570563.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto

    Performer: William Blount (clarinet) Performer: Orchestra of St. Luke’s Performer: Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

    • ASV CD AMM 158.

  • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz No. 18: Sostenuto

    Performer: Idil Biret (piano)

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Sep 201007:00
    BBC Radio 3