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Essential Classics

Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Hanif Kureishi

Monday - Rob Cowan with Hanif Kureishi

01/10/2014

Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Hanif Kureishi

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With Rob Cowan. Including Essential Choice: Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans).

With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals; Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli; Essential Choice: Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans).

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. This week his guest is playwright, screenwriter and novelist Hanif Kureishi.

9am
A selection of music including Rob's Essential CD of the Week: Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals performed by La Compagnia del Madrigale.

9.30am
Relative Values
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.

Artist of the Week: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Throughout the week we explore recordings by the renowned 20th-century Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Rob showcases his interpretations of Schumann, Haydn, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Beethoven.

10.30am
Rob is joined by Hanif Kureishi, who shares a selection of his favourite classical music. An internationally acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist, Hanif was appointed a CBE in 2007 and was included by The Times in a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. He talks to Rob about his award-winning career as well as the role classical music has played in his life.

11am 
This week Rob's Essential Choices at 11am are inspired by BBC Music's Ten Pieces - chosen to open up the world of classical music to children across the UK.
He takes listeners on a musical journey, each day recommending a work that's connected to one of the Ten Pieces.
Berlioz
The Trojans: Royal Hunt and Storm
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).

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