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Iain Burnside looks at how technology and innovation from widely different branches of knowledge have influenced music and performance over the centuries. With examples by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and Shostakovich.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 11 Apr 2010 10:00

Music Played

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint

    Performer: Joby Burgess (xylosynth)

    • Signum SIGCD143.
  • Joseph Haydn

    "Der Dudelsack" from Flotenuhr 1772

    Performer: Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

    • BIS 609.
  • Joseph Haydn

    "Der Wachtelschlag" from Flotenuhr 1792

    Performer: Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

    • BIS 609.
  • Joseph Haydn

    "Der Kaffeeklatsch" from Flotenuhr 1772

    Performer: Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

    • BIS 609.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in B flat Major, Op 106, "Hammerklavier", 1st movement

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano)

    • DG 429 485-2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane (1924)

    Performers: Daniel Hope (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano luth茅al)

    • Warner 2564613292.
  • Richard Wagner - "Mein lieber Schwann!" from Lohengrin

    Performers: Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

  • Mitchell Davis

    You are my Sunshine

    Performer: Bing Crosby (vocals)

    • MCA DMCL1607.
  • Mercer

    I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

    Performer: Bing Crosby (vocals)

    • MCA DMCL1607.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Saxophone Concerto Op 109

    Performers: Lev Mikhailov (saxophone), USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Korneiev (conductor)

    • Melodiya OCD 165.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Podrugi "The Girlfriends" Op 41a: The girls leave for war, The girls attend to the wounded

    Performers: Celia Sheen (theremin), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald (conductor)

    • Naxos 8572138.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variation 3, Canon at the unison, The Hot Six Variatio

    Arranger: Uri Caine Performer: Uri Caine Ensemble

    • Winter & Winter 910 054-2.
  • Duke/Harburg

    April in Paris

    Performer: Joe Pass (guitar)

    • Pablo CD23109642.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Concerto a Trombe Principale (Trumpet Concerto in E major)

    Performers: Alison Balsom (trumpet), Die Deutsche Philharmonie Bremen

    • EMI 2162130.
  • Conlon Nancarrow

    Toccata (1935)

    Arranger: Yvar Mischakoff Performers: Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)

    • RCA 09026611802.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Apr 2010 10:00