Expand your musical horizons with viola player Nadia Sirota
Viola player Nadia Sirota opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Nadia Sirota is a viola player who specialises in contemporary classical music, so in this episode of Inside Music, Nadia鈥檚 wide listening tastes mean Mozart, Bach and Brahms sit happily alongside Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw and Luciano Berio.
Nadia also talks about how the music of Igor Stravinsky influenced American singer-songwriter Sam Amidon, reveals some unusual lyrics to accompany Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie Fantastique and discusses how multi-tracking her viola with a viola da gamba produces beautiful and crystalline consort music.
At 2 o鈥檆lock Nadia chooses a piece of music she describes as being from another planet. 鈥淭he first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor,鈥� she says. See where yours ends up when you hear this Must Listen moment.
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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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, variation 29 - end
Ensemble: Sax Allemande.- FARAO CLASSICS.
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Johannes Brahms
Sonata in E flat for Viola - first movement
Performer: Kim Kashkashian. Performer: Robert Levin.- ECM.
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Nico Muhly
Beaming Music
Performer: Chris Thompson. Performer: Jamie McVinnie.- BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
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Sam Amidon
Saro
Performer: Sam Amidon. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly.- BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
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Igor Stravinsky
Firebird Suite - Lullaby and Finale
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Donnacha Dennehy
That The Night Come: Her Anxiety
Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Ensemble: Crash Ensemble. Conductor: Alan Pierson.- NONESUCH.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique - March to the Scaffold
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davies.- LSO Live.
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Luciano Berio
Sinfonia - movement 3
Ensemble: New Swingle Singers. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- ERATO.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O ignis spiritus paracliti
Ensemble: A Far Cry.- CRIER RECORDS.
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Olivier Messiaen
La Nativite du Seigneur - Les Anges
Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield.- DELPHIAN.
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Caroline Shaw
Partita for 8 Voices 1. Allemande
Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth. Director: Brad Wells. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor K.478 - Allegro
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- SONY.
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Nico Muhly
Viola Concerto Part 1
Performer: Nadia Sirota. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Pierson.- BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
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Donnacha Dennehy
Tessellatum - Letter D
Performer: Nadia Sirota. Performer: Liam Byrne.- BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
Broadcast
- Sat 5 Jan 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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