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Crunchy chords and heavenly harmonies with organist Rachel Mahon

Organist Rachel Mahon opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Organist and soon-to-be Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, Rachel Mahon blends together a selection of music with a sacred slant, including pieces by Olivier Messiaen, Louis Vierne and Frank Martin.

The mood of reflection continues with a composer from over 800 years ago, Hildegard of Bingen, and with an ethereal recording of Caroline Shaw鈥檚 Plan and Elevation by the Attacca Quartet.

But don鈥檛 get too comfy, because there are also pyrotechnics from Bach, some naughty rule-breaking from Domenico Scarlatti and a lively improvised dance played by the early music group Joglaresa.

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

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Sat 28 Mar 2020 13:00
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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor - Alla Marcia Op.23 no.5

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Louis Vierne

    Kyrie from Messe Solennelle

    Performer: Joseph Cullen. Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.4 - 1st movement

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.

  • Johann Schop

    Jauchzet dem Herren

    Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: CordArte Ensemble.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in A minor, Kk. 175

    Performer: Nickolai Sheikov.
    • MUSICA OMNIA.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sextet for wind quintet and piano - 2nd movement

    Performer: Paul Rivinius. Ensemble: Ensemble Arabesques.
    • FARAO CLASSICS.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    L'Ascension - Alleluia sur le trompette et alleluia sur la cymbale

    Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • NAXOS.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Victoriosissimi triumphatores

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • NAXOS.

  • Rachel Laurin

    Symphony No.1 - Prelude

    Performer: Rachel Mahon.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Anon.

    Danca: Ave Maria

    Ensemble: Joglaresa.
    • JOGLARESA.

  • Frank Martin

    Mass for double choir - Agnus Dei

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV 1048

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus 11 from the Art of Fugue

    Performer: Philip Fournier.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.5 - 1st movement

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • SONY.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation (The Beech Tree)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Mar 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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