Surprising musical twists with composer Alex Woolf
Alex Woolf opens up a selection of classical music from his point of view as a composer - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Composer of the 鈥楴HS Symphony鈥� and the 鈥楳1 Symphony鈥� Alex Woolf finds music going to places you might not expect in today鈥檚 Inside Music. He discovers a mix of old and new in both Mozart鈥檚 Requiem and 鈥楳otion鈥� by Nico Muhly, and muses on the power of a single unbroken musical line in Oliver Knussen鈥檚 violin concerto.
He also reveals the unlikely but magical combination of four bassoons and soprano in a serenely beautiful aria by Rameau, and decides that Beethoven would have probably preferred people not to analyse his music too much, but just be taken over by the drama.
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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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.- DECCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Introitus & Kyrie from Requiem K626
Choir: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- PHILLIPS.
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Ivor Gurney
Sleep (from 5 Elizabethan Songs)
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.- DG.
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Nico Muhly
Motion for clarinet, string quartet and piano
Ensemble: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- DG.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Tristes Apprets from Castor et Pollux
Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.- ERATO.
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Benjamin Britten
Fugue from Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.- WARNER.
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Alex Woolf
O vos omnes
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- SIGNUM.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op. 127 - 1st movement
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.- EMI.
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Stephen Sondheim
Move On from Sunday in the Park with George
Performer: Jake Gyllenhaal. Performer: Annaleigh Ashford.- WARNER.
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Frieze IV
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.- NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC.
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C茅sar Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano - 4th mvt - Allegretto poco mosso
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major - 4th mvt
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- LSO LIVE.
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Henry Purcell
Hear my prayer, O Lord
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- UNIVERSAL.
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Franz Schubert
Das Wirthaus from Winterreise
Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Alice Coote.- WIGMORE LIVE.
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Oliver Knussen
Violin Concerto - 2nd mvt - Aria
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- NMC.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Six Bagatelles - Nos. 1, 3 & 6
Ensemble: Les Si猫cles.- Actes Sud.
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Jonathan Dove
Ring out wilde bells from The Passing of the Year
Ensemble: Voces 8.- VCM RECORDS.
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- Sat 18 Apr 2020 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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