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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: Thursday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch

Monday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch

05/11/2015

Thursday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Thursday - Rob Cowan with Rainer Hersch

Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor.

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Toccatas; Music in Time: the In Nomine; Artist of the Week: Philharmonia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 2 in C minor.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Toccatas'. The Toccata takes its name from the Italian verb 'toccare' - to touch - and is most closely associated with keyboard music. Throughout the week Rob explores this virtuosic form, showcasing its level of invention and adaptability. With examples ranging from Bach's evergreen Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 to Toccatas by Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams, Rob offers a ringside view of pieces designed to show off the dexterity of their players.

9.30am
Take part in our daily music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery person.

10am 
This week's guest is the conductor and comedian Rainer Hersch. Famous for combining his musical skills with stand-up comedy, Rainer has performed in comedy clubs around the world, making numerous appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and putting on comedy-concert series at London's Southbank Centre. He has presented comedy concert programmes with orchestras including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the St Petersburg Philharmonic, and made a documentary series, 'All The Right Notes, Not Necessarily in the Right Order' for BBC Radio 4. Rainer will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am. 

10.30am 
Rob places Music in Time. The spotlight is on the Renaissance as Rob investigates why the In Nomine was a favourite form for English composers of the period.

11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is the Philharmonia Orchestra, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Founded by Walter Legge in 1945, the Philharmonia quickly became associated with many of the great classical artists of the 20th century. Throughout the week Rob showcases performances by the orchestra's principal and guest conductors. 

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 'Little Russian'
Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor).

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