Composer Hannah Kendall explores the notes between the notes
Hannah Kendall opens up a selection of classical music from a composer鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Hannah Kendall has composed music for various orchestras, ensembles and choirs throughout the UK, and her new piece Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama opened the 2020 live 大象传媒 Proms with its world premiere. In 2015 Hannah won the Women of the Future Award for Arts and Culture.
Today Hannah explains how Mahan Esfahani鈥檚 recording of Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations transformed the way she heard them, and explores the fluttery flute writing in Tania Le贸n鈥檚 Alma.
She also talks about the effect a space can have on a sound and treats us to the virtuosic tuba playing that changed her whole view of the instrument.
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
Photo credit: Chris Alexander
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Anon
Mervell's Sarabande (Wemyss manuscript)
Performer: Sean Shibe. -
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Mr. Lesslie
A Scotts Tune (Balcarres Manuscript)
Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. -
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Choir: The Choir of St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham. -
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Judith Bingham
The Spirit of Truth
Choir: The Choir of St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations - 7 & 8
Performer: Mahan Esfahani. -
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Joseph Tawadros
Slowly Wither
Performer: James Tawadros. Performer: Veronique Serret. -
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto No. 2 in A major, Op. 5
Orchestra: Orchestre De Chambre Classique. Conductor: Bernard Thomas. -
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Samantha Fernando
The Half Moon
Performer: Louise McMonagle. Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Singer: Sarah Dacey. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum. -
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Sons of Kemet
My Queen is Harriet Tubman
Ensemble: Sons of Kemet. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 - IV - Allegro ma non troppo
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. -
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Barbara Strozzi
Lagrime mie
Singer: C茅line Scheen. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n. -
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Tania Le贸n
Alma
Performer: Colette Valentine. Performer: Marya Martin. -
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1 'African American' - movements 3 and 4
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. -
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James McMillan
Strathclyde Motets: Mitte Manum Tuam
Choir: Cappella Nova. Conductor: Alan Tavener. -
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Gavin Higgins
Diversions (after Benjamin Britten's Diversions, Op. 21): No. 4, Tocatta. His Skill
Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse. -
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Benjamin Britten
Storm from 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
Broadcasts
- Sat 26 Sep 2020 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
- Sat 28 Aug 2021 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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