Horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill on musical rediscovery
Alec Frank-Gemmill opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a horn player鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill was a 大象传媒 New Generation Artist from 2014 to 2016, was the Scottish Chamber Orchestra鈥檚 principal horn player for a decade and has been principal horn of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since last year.
Today, Alec takes us on a musical journey, from a dramatic musical experience at the Teatro Col贸n in Buenos Aires, to the recent rediscovery of a piece of French chamber music.
He also finds Prokofiev鈥檚 Dance of the Mandolins to be beautiful yet disturbing, and reveals how different types of guitar from Portugal and Spain perfectly complement each other in the music of Pedro Caldeira Cabral.
Finding fun in music is essential for Alec, as you can hear in his choices, which also include The Real Group virtuosically singing 鈥楥hilli Con Carne鈥�, and a 17th-century dance which he thinks is unrivalled in dance music today.
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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Michelangelo Falvetti
Il Diluvio Universale - part I - Le nubi funeste
Performer: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n. Singer: Magali Arnault. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea.- AMBRONAY.
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Richard Strauss
Intermezzo Op.72 - Symphonic Interlude No.1 - Travel Fever and Waltz Scene
Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Performer: Andrew Manze. Music Arranger: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anders Edenroth
Chili Con Carne
Choir: The Real Group.- CAPRICE.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No.1 - movement 1
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- LINN.
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Pedro Caldeira Cabral
Castro Daire
Performer: Pedro Caldeira Cabral. Performer: Francisco Perez.- WORLD NETWORK.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet - Dance with the mandolins
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- EMI.
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Alexander von Zemlinsky
Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) - 1. Sehr massig bewegt
Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.- ALPHA.
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Cole Porter
Night and Day
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman Orchestra.- POLYGRAM TV.
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Jean Cras
Largo for cello and piano
Performer: Aleksandr Khramouchin. Performer: Alain Jacquon.- TIMPANI.
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Alban Berg
Altenberg Lieder - No.1 Seele, wie bist du schoener
Singer: Margaret Price. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Samuel Scheidt
La Bergamasca
Performer: Michel Becquet. Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers.- AMBROISIE.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata No.14 in C minor K.457 - I. molto allegro
Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.- APARTE.
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Franz Liszt
Orpheus
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Rafael Fr眉hbeck de Burgos.- BIS.
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Trad.
Down in Yon Forest
Music Arranger: Sarah Dacey. Ensemble: Juice Vocal Ensemble.- RESONUS.
Broadcasts
- Sat 5 Oct 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Sat 22 Aug 2020 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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