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Music of joy, virtuosity and defiance with double bass player Leon Bosch

Double bass player Leon Bosch opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Double bass player Leon Bosch grew up in Cape Town in South Africa and in this programme, Leon introduces some of the music he discovered during this time with pieces by Josef Suk, Serge Koussevitzky and Fernando Sor.

Leon also reflects on a piece of music that still makes the hairs stand up on the back of his neck 43 years after he found himself singing it with other prisoners in a South African jail. Plus a piece written by Leopold Kozeluch for a highly unlikely combination of instruments, and a recording that Leon discovered on the turntable of a vintage gramophone he found in a junk shop.

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

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Jan 2020 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade for Strings, Op. 6 - 1st movement

    Ensemble: Goldberg Ensemble.
    • MERIDIAN.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re

    Tarantella, Op. 9 No. 2

    Performer: Rodion Azarkhin.
    • FSUI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture from Le nozze di Figaro

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • WARNER.

  • The Beatles

    Yesterday

    • PARLOPHONE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • HANSSLER.

  • Fernando Sor

    Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op. 9

    Performer: Pepe Romero.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arioso from Cantata BWV 156

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Serge Koussevitsky

    Concerto for Double Bass, Op. 3 - 1st movement - Allegro

    Performer: Gary Karr. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alfredo Antonini.
    • NEW WORLD.

  • Dumisani Ma-Afrika

    Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica

    • MYRHH.

  • Leopold Ko啪eluh

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat - 1st movement

    Performer: Kathryn Cok. Performer: Anna Torge. Performer: Robert Vanryne. Ensemble: Kolner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • ARS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 5 - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • CHANDOS.

  • 脡dith Piaf

    Milord

    • REGIS.

  • Artie Shaw

    Clarinet Concerto

    Orchestra: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra.
    • EMPRESS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto, Op. 56 - 2nd movement

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • EMI.

  • Wynton Marsalis

    Bolden Jump

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis.
    • JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTRE.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight from The Merchant of Venice

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Singer: Andreas Scholl.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Jan 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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