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Violinist Jack Liebeck discovers musical rebels and pure romanticism

Jack Liebeck opens up a selection of classical music from a violinist’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Jack Liebeck’s choices include music by Friedrich Gulda that makes the cello sound as if it’s being played by Jimi Hendrix, and a piece for cor anglais and strings by the most fidgety composer he knows.

He also reveals how imperfections in performance can give music deeper human resonance and talks about the power that film composers have to make us cry.

Plus, hear how Jack’s photographic skills led him to a front row seat at Alfred Brendel’s farewell recital in Vienna.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Józef Hofmann

    Kaleidoskop (No. 4 of Charakterskizzen)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jean Françaix

    Quartet for cor anglais - V - Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Britten Oboe Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Jane Eyre - My Edward and I

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • SONY.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava from Ma Vlast

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ciaccona from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Somewhere from West Side Story

    Performer: Richard Beymer. Performer: Marni Nixon.
    • SONY.
  • Friedrich Gulda

    Overture - Concerto for Cello and Wind Band

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Ensemble: Les Forces Majeures. Conductor: Raphaël Merlin.
    • ERATO.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Sonata II. Molto Adagio

    Performer: Daniel Grimwood.
    • EDITION PETERS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances Op. 72 No. 7 in C & Op. 46 No. 3 in A flat

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • DECCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor - 1st movement

    Ensemble: Trio Dali.
    • ZIGZAG.
  • Anon

    Batalla del sexta tono

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • SFZ MUSIC.
  • Johannes Brahms

    German Requiem - 1st movement - Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 7 - Precipitato

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth from Dido and Aeneas

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle Op. 33, No. 4 - live

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Oct 2020 13:00

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