Conductor Jonathan Berman discovers what’s hidden in music
Jonathan Berman opens up a selection of music from a conductor’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Conductor Jonathan Berman shares a playlist ranging from orchestral music on a giant scale to one of the most recognisable of all miniature piano pieces in a subtle performance by Wilhelm Kempff.
He also plays music recorded by David Attenborough on a trip to Bali in 1956 and enjoys the quirky humour of both Harry Partch and Giuseppe Verdi.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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Music Played
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Oliver Knussen
Flourish with Fireworks
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- DG.
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Johannes Ockeghem
Kyrie in D
Choir: Ensemble Musica Nova.- AEON.
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Johannes Ockeghem
Kyrie in G
Choir: Ensemble Musica Nova.- AEON.
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Claude Debussy
Pelléas et Mélisande (Act 3, excerpt)
Singer: Erna Spoorenberg. Singer: Camille Maurane. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.- DECCA.
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu (pt. 4: Le cheval à Phynances et les larbins de Phynances)
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Peter Hirsch.- WERGO.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, 'Serioso' (II. Allegretto ma non troppo)
Ensemble: Barylli Quartet.- WESTMINSTER.
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Don McLean
American Pie
- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ah Perdona al Primo Affetto (La Clemenza di Tito)
Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Frederica von Stade. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- PHILIPS.
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Franz Schmidt
Symphony No. 1 (4th mvt: Lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.- ACCENTUS MUSIC.
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
Song of Reproduction
- EMI.
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Josquin des Prez
El Grillo
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- ERATO.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO59, 'Für Elise'
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.- DG.
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Colin McPhee
Tabuh-Tabuhan (I. Ostinatos)
Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Hanson.- NAXOS.
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George Frideric Handel
Violin Sonata in D major, HWV 371 (I. Andante)
Performer: Joseph Szigeti. Performer: Carlo Bussotti.- COLUMBIA.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, 'Wagner Symphony' (II. Adagio)
Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.- OEHMS.
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Harry Partch
Ring Around the Moon (phases 3 & 4)
Narrator: Harry Partch. Ensemble: Gate 5 Ensemble. Conductor: Horace Schwartz.- NEW WORLD.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff (Act 3 Sc 2: Un coro e terminam la scena...Tutto nel mondo è burla)
Performer: Tito Gobbi. Performer: Rolando Panerai. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- WARNER CLASSICS.
Broadcast
- Sat 24 Jul 2021 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3