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Essential Classics: Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Oliver James

Rob Cowan

05/08/2014

Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Oliver James

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With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 1.

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Bach Transcriptions; Proms Artist of the Week: The Tallis Scholars; Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 1.

Rob Cowan's guest this week is the clinical and occupational psychologist, Oliver James. Also, at 9:30, our daily brainteaser: Originally Written For
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach Transcriptions featuring Alexis Weissenberg and Bruno Leonardo Gelber. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Proms Artist of the Week: the Tallis Scholars

10:30
Rob's guest this week is the clinical and occupational psychologist, Oliver James, who also works as a writer, journalist, broadcaster and television documentary producer and presenter. His work includes various studies of modern-day living (the books Affluenza, Office Politics and Britain on the Couch - which was also a successful documentary series for Channel 4). He has written best-selling guides to parenting, and also on how to develop emotional health, and an approach to dementia (Contented Dementia).

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Mahler
Symphony No.1
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor).

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