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Sumptuous sounds explored by bassoonist Rachel Gough

Rachel Gough opens up a selection of classical music from a bassoonist's point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Principal bassoonist of the London Symphony Orchestra Rachel Gough finds her place at the very heart of the orchestra a thrilling and rewarding place to be. But her musical antennae range much further, as we鈥檒l hear.

Rachel chooses romantically opulent pieces by Ravel and Schoenberg, alongside some more surprising tracks, from a baroque violin sonata that veers towards jazz in the hands of Andrew Manze, to a song in which Sofie von Otter鈥檚 nuance of tone and deeply felt expression can apparently provide inspiration in a bassoon lesson.

The amazing technique of Hungarian virtuoso Roby Lakatos is also on show, paired with one of Dvorak鈥檚 Slavonic Dances, and Rachel reveals some of the secrets of swanee whistle playing - does it really have to be in tune?

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

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Jan 2020 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher from St John Passion

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Orchestral Prelude from Gurrelieder

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano onata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960 - Scherzo

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor, K388 - Andante & Minuet

    Ensemble: Octuor 脿 Vent de Paris.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Kurt Weill

    Je ne t'aime pas

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • DG.

  • Elizabeth Ogonek

    As though birds

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli

    Violin Sonata, Op. 3 No. 2

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Richard Egarr. Ensemble: La Cesta.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du Jour

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Let me tell you how it was

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • WINTER AND WINTER.

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    L#Alouette

    Ensemble: Ensemble Roby Lakatos.
    • DG.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance, Op. 46 No. 7

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.

  • Robert Schumann

    In der Fremde from Liederkreis, Op. 39 No. 1

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • RCA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 - 1st movement - Allegro molto

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Ondine.

  • HK Gruber

    Rat Song and Crusoe Song from Frankenstein

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: HK Gruber.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Judith Weir

    Illuminare, Jerusalem

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Kings College.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Jan 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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