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Refreshing sounds with conductor Greg Beardsell

Conductor Greg Beardsell opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Today conductor Greg Beardsell talks about how Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana might be seen as a warhorse by some, but is a great piece to sharpen singing skills. He also challenges preconceptions about what brass band music sounds like, and is refreshed by a live 1957 recording of Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto in which Glenn Gould and Herbert von Karajan are pulling in very different directions.

At 2 o'clock Greg plays his Must Listen piece, a choral work by a 20th century British composer that Greg suspects might have been "a bit of a hellraiser, a bit of a jazzer" thanks to his daring use of harmony.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.

1 hour, 58 minutes

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Sat 22 Feb 2020 13:00
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Music Played

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana - Tempus est iocondum

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No.1 - Allegro Molto

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    'Songs of Travel' - The Vagabond

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roland Wood.
    • ALBION.

  • Bramwell Tovey

    Coventry Variations

    Performer: Fodens Brass Band. Performer: Joseph Alessi. Performer: Mark Fewer. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • EGON.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No.2 - 'Andante malincolico'

    Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • CBS.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Rosary Sonata No.9 - The Carrying of the Cross

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sept Repons de Tenebrae - Nos. 1&2

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite - Ballet

    Performer: John Ogdon. Performer: Brenda Lucas.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 - 1st movement

    Performer: Glenn Gould. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • SONY.

  • William Mathias

    May Magnificat

    Performer: Robbie Jacobs. Choir: National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Conductor: Greg Beardsell.
    • NYCGB.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    I never went away

    Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett. Singer: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • DELOS.

  • Bobby McFerrin

    Blackbird

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin.
    • ELEKTRA.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings - Hymn

    Performer: Martin Owen. Singer: Toby Spence. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • LINN.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Jun 2018 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sat 22 Feb 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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