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Limits and Possibilities

Episode 3 of 3

Pianist V铆kingur Olafsson explores the art of musical transcription and how pieces by composers across the centuries have been reimagined in remarkably creative ways.

Pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson approaches music without preconceptions; as he puts it, 鈥淓very note we play anywhere, anytime, is a reinterpretation, a transcription.鈥�

In the third and final episode of the series, V铆kingur explores how composers from George Crumb, Heinrich Biber and Olivier Messiaen were inspired by sounds of the natural world, from tiny birds to huge whales. We鈥檒l also hear music by Steve Reich reimagined for the harpsichord, Mascagni鈥檚 famous Intermezzo in the hands of a steel pan orchestra and Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy given a wild reinterpretation by US vocal supergroup Pentatonix.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

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Sun 21 Mar 2021 23:00
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Music Played

  • Gregorian chant

    Introitus Lux Fulgebit (The Light Will Shine)

    Performer: Matan Porat. Music Arranger: Matan Porat.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Utro (from Op. 4, No. 2)

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs - La vallee des cloches

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Steve Reich

    Piano Phase for Two Pianos (excerpt)

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    3 songs from the county Czik - No. 1

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Catalogue d'Oiseaux: 6 L'alouette Lulu (the woodlark) (excerpt)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata Representativa (Frog, hen and cock)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Anthony Romaniuk.

  • George Crumb

    Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) - 1st movement

    Ensemble: Ensemble f眉r Neue Musik Z眉rich.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

    Orchestra: Desperadoes.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Nutcracker

    Ensemble: Pentatonix.

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Piece in the Old Style I

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

  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Piece in the Old Style I

  • Hanns Eisler

    Eislermaterial - Ammut sparet nicht noch Muhe; Allegro assai (excerpt)

    Performer: Joseph Bierbichler. Ensemble: Ensemble Modern.

  • Edgar Meyer

    The Big Cheese (incorporating a Fantasia by William Byrd) (excerpt)

    Composer: B茅la Fleck. Composer: Mike Marshall. Performer: B茅la Fleck. Performer: Mike Marshall. Singer: Edgar Meyer.

  • Claude Debussy

    La damoiselle elue, L. 62 - Prelude (excerpt)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: Hania Rani.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Oct 2020 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 21 Mar 2021 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3