Friday - Rob Cowan with Russell Grant
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again; Brainteaser; Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope; Rob's Essential Choice: Dukas: La Peri.
Rob Cowan with his guest, astrologer and media personality Russell Grant.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under John Wilson, AVIE 2070. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the astrologer and media personality, Russell Grant. Russell has written several books on Astrology and regularly provides newspaper horoscopes. He is best known for his appearances on radio (³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon) and breakfast television shows such as This Morning with Richard and Judy, offering astrological advice. More recently, he has appeared in several reality television shows including Celebrity Fit Club, Kitchen Burnout and most notably, Strictly Come Dancing and its sister show, It Takes Two.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Dukas
La Peri
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean Fournet (conductor)
REGIS 1344.
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Music Played
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Franz von Suppè
Boccaccio March
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chandos.
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Franz Schubert
3 Pieces D.946 (no.1 in E flat minor)
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Hubert Parry
Symphonic Variations
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Lyrita.
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Eric Coates
Television March
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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anon
Only Connect
Conductor: anon. -
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D major
Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Daniel Hope.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Claude Debussy
Petite Suite
Orchestra: ORTF National Orchestra. Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- EMI.
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Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Orchestra: ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Out of your sleep
Performer: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Layton (conductor).- HELIOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Performer: Daniel Hope (violin). Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor).- DG.
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Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus: Overture
Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- DG.
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Borodin Quartet.- Decca.
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Erik Satie
Poudre d'or
Performer: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux. Performer: Yutaka Sado (conductor).- ERATO.
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Paul Dukas
La Péri
Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Fournet.- Denon.
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Mozart
String Quintet in C, K515
Performer: Juilliard String Quartet. Performer: John Graham (viola).- SONY.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz-Scherzo, Op 7
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (piano).- REGIS.
Today's Brainteaser Answer
Only Connect: the connection was Puppets.
The music played:
Birtwistle
Punch and Judy: Melodrama 1 – Punch’s Lullaby
Punch: Stephen Roberts
The London Sinfonietta
David Atherton (conductor)
ETCETERA KTC21014Â
Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9765Â Â
Stravinsky
Petrouchka – Tableau III In Petrouchka’s Room
Ruud van den Brink (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 443 774 2Â Â
Broadcast
- Fri 20 Dec 2013 09:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 3