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Essential Classics

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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

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Essential Classics: Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Janet Suzman

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27/04/2016

Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Janet Suzman

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Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, featured in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

With Rob Cowan. Including My Favourite Operatic Overtures; Bach: Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut; Artist of the Week: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, featured in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

9am
My favourite... operatic overtures. Rob chooses some of his favourite operatic overtures from the Classical and Romantic periods, putting the spotlight on pieces including Chabrier's Gwendoline, Weber's Der Freischutz and Borodin's Prince Igor. 

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: can you work out which two composers are associated with a particular piece?

10am 
Rob's guest is the actress and director Janet Suzman. Janet has appeared on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company in roles ranging from Beatrice and Kate to Ophelia and Lavinia, as well as a critically acclaimed Cleopatra. She became known on the big screen for her performance as Tsarina Alexandra in the Academy Award winning film Nicholas and Alexandra. In her native South Africa Janet has directed Brecht, Chekhov and Shakespeare, and here in the UK has recently turned to directing opera. Janet will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Purcell, Brahms, and Donizetti, every day at 10am.

10:30am 
Music in Time: Baroque
Rob places Music in Time as he explores the Baroque period, looking into how Bach's cantatas were written to complement the Lutheran liturgical calendar and playing his Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut. 

11am
Rob's artist of the week is the baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Celebrated as one of the finest lieder interpreters of all time, Fischer-Dieskau left a considerable recording legacy that has influenced generations of singers. Throughout the week Rob focuses specifically on the baritone's lieder skills, with song cycles by Beethoven, Brahms and Mahler, as well as selections of songs by Schubert and Wolf.

Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor).

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