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Horn Player Sarah Willis Explores the Power of Dance

Sarah Willis opens up a selection of music from a French horn player鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

From her home in Berlin, French horn player Sarah Willis listens to London Brass bringing 16th-century dances to life, hears the syncopated rhythms of jazz in a Beethoven string quartet and enjoys the ecstatic levels of club energy that composer Thomas Ades conjures up using a symphony orchestra.

Sarah also highlights the painterly partnership of Claude Debussy and Vikingur Olafsson and wonders what the collective noun for a group of horn players might be...

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 by Sebastian Haenel

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Jager-Chor (Freischutz)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Horns.
    • ALEXANDER.
  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • LONDON.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 - 3rd movement - Vivace

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
  • John Williams

    The Cowboys: Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Schone Mullerin - Nos. 3-5

    Performer: Daniel Heide. Singer: Andr猫 Schuen.
    • DG.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Contredanse en rondeau from Les Boreades

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mere l'oye - Beauty and the Beast & The Enchanted Garden

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni Act 2 No. 16 - Deh vieni all finestra

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Gordon Goodwin

    Sing Sang Sung

    Ensemble: Gordon Goodwin鈥檚 Big Phat Band.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Fairie Round/Honie Suckle

    Ensemble: London Brass.
    • LONDON BRASS.
  • John Bull

    King's Hunting Jigg

    Ensemble: London Brass.
    • LONDON BRASS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    In Nomine in 5 parts

    Ensemble: London Brass.
    • LONDON BRASS.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Ecstasio - 3rd movement of Asyla

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • LSO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Le Demoiselle Elue (Prelude)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.
  • Richard Wagner

    End of Gotterdammerung (Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!)

    Singer: Linda Watson. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • OPUS ARTE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gran Partita - Theme & Variations

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Soloists.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 - 2nd movement - Troika & Bells

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • P茅rez Prado

    Que rico el mambo

    Orchestra: P茅rez Prado.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 May 2021 13:00

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