From Dowland to Disney with soprano Elin Manahan Thomas
Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
From her study in Sussex, soprano Elin Manahan Thomas sets up a playlist that鈥檚 full of the joy of making music. She reveals the many characters she鈥檚 played in Purcell鈥檚 Fairy Queen, from a nurse and a princess to a tree, and finds a connection between Dwayne 鈥楾he Rock鈥� Johnson singing in the movie Moana with running a choir at her children鈥檚 school.
Elin also chooses music by Mendelssohn that transports us to a far-off landscape, a cantata by Karl Jenkins commemorating the Aberfan tragedy of 1966 and an intense choral masterpiece by James Macmillan.
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
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio - Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Monteverdi Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
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罢谤盲诲
Tjonneblomen
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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John Rutter
Hymn to the Creator of Light
Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflote - Overture
Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- EMI.
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Karl Jenkins
Cantata Memoria - Did I hear a bird?
Performer: Joo Yeon Sir. Performer: Catrin Finch. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: C么r Heol y March. Choir: C么r y Cwm. Choir: Cywair. Choir: C么r Caerdydd. Choir: C么r CF1. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation - Representation of Chaos
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens, Act 1 - Ha! Ha! Apres dix ans
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO LIVE.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Fingal's Cave Overture
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- DECCA.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.- BIS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- HELIODOR.
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Gerald Finzi
Dies Natalis - Intrada
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Jacqueline Shave.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Henry Purcell
Fairy Queen - Second Musick (Overture)
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Sir James MacMillan
O bone Jesu
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Lin鈥怣anuel Miranda
You're Welcome (from the soundtrack to Moana)
Singer: Dwayne Johnson. -
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Joseph Haydn
Farewell Symphony - 4th movement
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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- Sat 27 Jun 2020 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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