Music from the crazy to the sublime explored by conductor David Charles Abell
Conductor David Charles Abell opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Conductor David Charles Abell dives into the revolutionary musical language of Leonard Bernstein, learns how to express emotion in Tchaikovsky with a little-known Soviet musician, and remembers how as a teenager he conducted Dvorak鈥檚 9th symphony - in his bedroom.
He also describes what it鈥檚 like playing the viola in the centre of Schubert鈥檚 string quintet and analyses the musical charm of a song from The Beatles鈥� Abbey Road album.
At 2 o鈥檆lock David鈥檚 Must Listen piece celebrates the life of someone who tragically drowned on holiday in Thailand, aged only 19.
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
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass in G minor - Sanctus
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- SIGNUM.
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Leonard Bernstein
Mass - Sanctus
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Choir: Berkshire Boys' Choir.- CBS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No.9 in E minor 'From the New World' - 3rd movement - Scherzo
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- HAENSSLER.
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Cole Porter
So in love (Kiss Me, Kate)
Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Charles Abell.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491 - Larghetto
Performer: Melvyn Tan. Ensemble: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- ERATO.
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Leonard Bernstein
'Cool' (West Side Story)
Ensemble: Members of the Cast. Ensemble: Mickey Calin and the Jets. Director: Jerome Robbins.- COLUMBIA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Evgeny Onegin: End of the Letter Scene Act 1 scene 2
Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Orchestra: Bolshoi Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin.- MELODIA.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Zoroastre: Overture
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- ERATO.
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Jonathan Dove
'I Am the Son/Birth' - There Was a Child
Singer: Joan Rodgers. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Choir: CBSO Youth Chorus. Choir: CBSO Junior Chorus. Conductor: Simon Halsey.- SIGNUM.
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Percy Grainger
A Lincolnshire Posy: The brisk young sailor
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio: 'Jauchzet, frohlocket' opening chorus of Part 1
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Monteverdi Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
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Franz Schubert
Cello Quintet - first movement
Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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John Lennon
Because
Ensemble: The Beatles.- Abbey Road.
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Andrew Norman
Play Level 1 - excerpt
Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Conductor: Gil Rose.- BMOP sound.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2
Singer: Lee Venora. Singer: Jennie Tourel. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite (Beauty and the Beast)
Performer: Margaret Cookhorn. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
Broadcast
- Sat 24 Nov 2018 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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