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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 Patricia Cornwell

Monday - Rob Cowan with Patricia Cornwell

03/12/2014

Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Patricia Cornwell

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With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2 in C minor.

With Rob Cowan. Including 5 Reasons to Love Chopin Mazurkas; Guest: Patricia Cornwell; Artist of the Week: Julia Fischer; Rob's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2.

With Rob Cowan and his guest, the crime writer Patricia Cornwell. 

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...Chopin mazurkas.' Throughout the week Rob makes the case for Chopin's mazurkas and explores a selection of recordings by renowned pianists including Arthur Rubenstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Moriz Rosenthal as he asks, why should you love Chopin's mazurkas? 

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery piece

10am 
Rob's guest this week, sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am, is the crime writer Patricia Cornwell. An international best-selling author whose books have sold over 100 million copies, Patricia is best known for her award-winning Kay Scarpetta series, the characters of which have become an international phenomenon. 

10.30am
This week's featured artist is the violinist Julia Fischer. One of the leading musicians of her generation, Fischer has performed with renowned European orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, and is currently Artist in Residence at the Dresden Philharmonic. Throughout the week Rob showcases Fischer's virtuoso performances of works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Prokofiev. 

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 ('Little Russian')
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor).

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