Conductor Nicholas Collon explores his musical obsessions
Conductor Nicholas Collon opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Today, conductor Nicholas Collon discovers how when Joseph Haydn breaks the rules he produces his most endearing music, and describes just how Maurice Ravel skilfully manages to deconstruct the Viennese Waltz.
His choices range from an emotionally pivotal moment in Bach's B minor Mass, to a piano piece on which he had a teenage crush, plus a madcap movement by John Adams played by Nicholas's own Aurora Orchestra.
At 2 o'clock Nicholas reveals his Must Listen piece - a rarity from 1871 that he'd like to introduce to everyone.
A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni - end of Act 1 finale
Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Ensemble: Music Aeterna.- SONY.
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Karol Szymanowski
Etude Op.4 No.3 - Andante in modo d'una canzone (con dolore)
Performer: Dennis Lee.- HELIOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3
Director: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.- ARCHIV.
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger - Prelude
Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Alceste 1674 - Loure pour les pecheurs
Director: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.- L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
- ALIA VOX.
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Maurice Ravel
La valse
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- WARNER.
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Charles Wood
Hail gladdening light
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.- Light of the Spirit.
- COLLEGIUM.
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Marie Ja毛ll
Feuillet d'Album (1871)
Performer: Cora Irson.- Querstand.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony 92 ('Oxford') - 2nd movement 'Adagio'
Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.6, 10, 14, and 15
Performer: Nadia Boulanger. Performer: Dinu Lipatti.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.10 in G major
Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.14 in G sharp minor
Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.- EMI.
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Johannes Brahms
Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.15 in A flat major
Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.- EMI.
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Richard Strauss
Capriccio Op.85 - last scene
Conductor: Karl B枚hm. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.- DG.
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Hoyt S. Curtin
Flintstones
Performer: Jacob Collier. Music Arranger: Jacob Collier.- In my room.
- MEMBRAN.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Piano quartet in C minor Op.15 - Adagio
Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jamie Laredo. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor - Confiteor and Et expecto
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort and Players. Director: John Butt.- LYNN.
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John Adams
Chamber Symphony - 3rd movement finale 'Roadrunner'
Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.- Roadtrip.
- WARNER CLASSICS.
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[traditional]
The Twa Corbies
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Singer: Claire Booth.- AVIE.
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 Apr 2018 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Sat 15 Jun 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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