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Oboist Uchenna Ngwe with sounds old and new

Oboist Uchenna Ngwe opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe is the founder of plainsightSOUND, a project that uncovers and promotes the work of black classical musicians. Today Uchenna chooses music by composers including Eleanor Alberga, Michael Mosoeu Moerane and Florence Price and reflects on why it is so important to perform and record music that has often been previously overlooked.

Uchenna is also wowed by the breath control of Jessye Norman singing Strauss and the ability of Esperanza Spalding to accompany herself on the bass whilst singing. And the oboe itself gets a good workout in music by Tchaikovsky, Gordon Jacob, Saint-Saens and Albinoni.

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

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Sat 5 Jun 2021 13:00
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Music Played

  • Gordon Jacob

    Oboe Quartet: IV - Rondo - Allegro molto

    Performer: Sarah Francis. Ensemble: Cummings String Trio.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 TH 27 - II. Andantino in moda di canzona

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.

  • Richard Strauss

    4 Last Songs Trv 296: IV. Im Abendrot

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Philips.

  • Michael Mosoeu Moerane

    Fatse la heso (My country)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Conductor: Peter Marchbank.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Prelude - The Forest at Night & Naration I (Mirror), Snow White's Dance

    Narrator: Danny DeVito. Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro for Strings Op. 47

    Performer: David Watkin. Performer: Timothy Pooley. Performer: Lyn Fletcher. Performer: Ann Lawes. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Esperanza Spalding

    Judas

    Performer: Esperanza Spalding.
    • CONCORD RECORDS.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a5 in F major, Op. 9 No. 3 for 2 oboes, strings and continuo - I. Allegro

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Maria Teresa Garatti. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Florence Price

    Untitled Sketch No. 3

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • LORELT.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi for String Orchestra

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Oboe Sonata in D major Op 166

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 'Gaelic' - II. Alla sciciliana - Allegro vivace - Andante

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.

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  • Sat 5 Jun 2021 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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