About this programme

With Rob Cowan. A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week, featuring baritone Barry McDaniel performing lieder by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Duparc and Debussy. 9.30 A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Alban Gerhardt. Bridge: Oration (Concerto elegiaco) for solo cello and orchestra, H180. 10.30 Rob is joined by the novelist Alan Hollinghurst, who introduces his final selection of classical music favourites. 11.00 Rob's Essential Choice. Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, D944. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik.