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Essential Classics

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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Suzy Klein and Ian Skelly

Essential Classics: Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Rebecca Front

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06/04/2016

Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Rebecca Front

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Artist of the Week: pianist Mikhail Pletnev, featured in music by Tchaikovsky and Haydn.

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite English Tone Painting; Artist of the Week: pianist Mikhail Pletnev. Tchaikovsky: Concert Suite (The Nutcracker). Haydn: Variations in F minor.

9am
My favourite...English tone painting. Rob chooses colourful pieces by five English composers, some sketching a musical idea of springtime, from Delius's famous cuckoo to less well known works such as April-England by John Foulds and Frank Bridge's Enter Spring.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you remember the television show that featured this piece of classical music?

10am 
Rob's guest is the actress, comedian, writer and presenter Rebecca Front. Rebecca has recently played the scheming Anna Mikhailovna in the BBC's adaptation of War and Peace and starred in Julian Fellowes' latest period drama Doctor Thorne. She made her name in satirical shows such as The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge, and The Thick of It, for which she won a BAFTA. Other roles include Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in Lewis and Mrs Bennet in Death Comes to Pemberley. Rebecca will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music every day at 10am. 

10:30am
Music in Time: Medieval
Rob places Music in Time as he explores the poetry that Medieval French composers set to music, with subjects ranging from royal occasions and political commentary to religious devotion and courtly love. 

11am
Artist of the week. This week Rob features the pianistic skills of the multi-talented Russian musician Mikhail Pletnev. Pletnev burst onto the musical scene in 1978 when he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. His colossal technique and vivid interpretations led to worldwide acclaim as a pianist, while he also built a career as a conductor. Rob presents a showcase of his recordings, including concertos by Haydn and Beethoven, and sonatas by Chopin and Scriabin.

Tchaikovsky arr. Pletnev 
Concert Suite from 'The Nutcracker' 
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Haydn
Variations in F minor Hob XVII:6
Mikhail Pletnev (piano).

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