Free Thinking Festival - horn player Katy Woolley with music that works on our emotions
Katy Woolley opens up a selection of classical music that has an emotional impact on her - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Horn player Katy Woolley has recently been appointed as the new Principal Horn of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Today she takes time out from performing in orchestras all over the world to come to Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead where she both chooses and gives her unique insights into a wide range of music. She鈥檚 especially interested in what different composers do to make us experience emotion as we listen, and discovers that simplicity is often the key to a truly moving performance.
Katy's choices include orchestral thrills by Shostakovich and Brahms, suspended delight in a concerto by Ravel, an angry outburst by Vivaldi and Scandinavian voices imitating sounds of nature. And you can be sure that French horns will feature at some point during the two hours.
Around 2pm Katy plays her Must Listen piece - one whose energy and intensity never fails to move her.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cantata Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV 676 - Cor ingrato dispietato
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.- VIRGIN.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.3 - poco allegretto (3rd movement)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- SIGNUM.
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Igor Stravinsky
Duo Concertant - Eglogue I & Dithyrambe
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Peter Nagy.- ECM.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.10 in E minor - Allegro
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Four Madrigals from the Natural World - No.1 Flagermus' ulralyd
Ensemble: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Director: Paul Hillier.- DACAPO.
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
Performer: Walter Weller. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Members. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Robert Schumann
Romance Op.94 No.3 - Nicht Schnell
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Leonid Ogrintchouk.- BIS.
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B茅la Bart贸k
String Quartet No.2 Op.17 - Allegro molto capriccioso
Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.- HUNGARATON.
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V铆ctor Jara
Te recuerdo Amanda (I Remember You Amanda)
Singer: V铆ctor Jara.- ESSENTIAL.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major - movement 2 - Adagio assai
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
War Requiem - Libera me, Domine
Performer: Simon Preston. Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Singer: Peter Pears. Choir: Bach Choir. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Choir: Highgate School Choir. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextet in E flat Op.81b for 2 horns and string quartet - movement 1
Performer: Richard King. Performer: Jesse McCormick. Performer: Mari Sato. Performer: Amy Lee. Performer: Lynne Ramsey. Performer: Paul Kushious.- ALBANY TROY.
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Brian May
Who wants to live forever
Music Arranger: Michael Kamen. Ensemble: Queen. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.- A View to Kill.
- EMI.
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Diego Ortiz
Passamezzo Moderno
Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Studies, S139 - No.2 in A minor 'Fusees'
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- NAXOS.
Broadcast
- Sat 30 Mar 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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