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Clarinettist Julian Bliss on how to find your voice in music

Julian Bliss opens up a selection of music from a clarinettist’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Today on Inside Music, Julian Bliss reveals how he tries to emulate the human voice on his instrument, whether it’s Ailish Tynan weaving lines around the clarinet in Schubert’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, or Nancy Wilson singing The Masquerade is Over.

He also finds power in the sound of the string orchestra, with an arrangement of a Grieg string quartet and a lullaby by Gershwin, and we discover what Julian has learned from Sabine Meyer, one of his biggest influences as a player.

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

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

Photo by Claire Hannan

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio (arr. for wind ensemble)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • WARNER.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite: Montagues and Capulets

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • CSO.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 2 in G minor - Summer - III. Presto

    Performer: Alexandra Conunova.
    • APARTE.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture from La Cenerentola

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.6

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major - 2nd movement - Adagio

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • WARNER.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23, TH 55: 3. Allegro con fuoco (Live)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media Vita

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
  • Edvard Grieg

    String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27 - IV. Finale: Lento - Presto al saltarello

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.
  • Graham Fitkin

    T2

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • BIS.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby for string orchestra

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • MENUETTO CLASSICS.
  • Allie Wrubel

    The Masquerade is Over

    Composer: Herb Magidson. Performer: Louis Hayes. Performer: Sam Jones. Performer: Joe Zawinul. Singer: Nancy Wilson.
    • BLUE NOTE.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring - Part 1 (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

    Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Harry Manfredini

    Friday the 13th; Sheer terror

    • La La Land Records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 May 2021 13:00

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