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Violinist Jennifer Pike's rich pick of classical discoveries

Violinist Jennifer Pike opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Violinist Jennifer Pike uncovers the emotional heart of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, reveals how her favourite films are brought to life by the music of Henry Mancini, and plays a thrilling, landscape-inspired piece by a Polish composer who died while skiing in his beloved Tatra mountains.

And where can you find music that truly reflects peace and silence? Jennifer discovers it in the voice of Elizabeth Schwarzkopf singing a heart-stopping song by Schubert.

At 2 o’clock Jennifer’s Must Listen piece is by a woman who in her short life wrote fantastically original music that came to inspire a new generation of (male) composers.

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

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

    Eternal Songs Op.10 No.3 - Song of Eternal Being

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.83 in G minor 'Le Poule' - 1st movement - Allegro Spiritoso

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice Viennois

    Performer: Josef Hassid. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • SYMPOSIUM.
  • Miklós Rózsa

    Violin Concerto Op.24 - movement 2

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jeremy Pike

    Intermezzo no.1 for piano (Three Pieces for Piano 1974)

    Performer: Jonathan Middleton.
    • ASC.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No.6 - movement 3 - Scherzo

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
    • TESTAMENT.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un Soir Triste

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Mancini

    Shadows of Paris (from the film A Shot in the Dark)

    Ensemble: Elsie Bianchi Trio.
    • Elsie Bianchi Trio: The Sweetest Sound.
    • SABA.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion 'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott'

    Performer: Roy Goodman. Singer: Michael Chance. Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • VANGUARD.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Scene with Cranes Op.44 no.2

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Tawadros

    Give or Take

    Performer: Joseph Tawadros. Performer: John Abercrombie. Performer: John Patitucci.
    • The Hour of Separation.
    • ENJA.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat K.482 - 1st movement

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in D flat Op.22 no.1

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    'Mambo' from West Side Story

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Oct 2018 13:00

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