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The Wood or the Trees?

Violinist and composer Pekka Kuusisto explores and questions the significance of musical repetition, aided by Paganini, Schubert and 叠箩枚谤办.

Pekka Kuusisto is a solo violinist, conductor, composer and folk musician who can change the way people think about music.

In this three-part series he muses on how much creative freedom a musician really has, and the complex relationship between improvisation and 鈥榮ticking to the plan鈥�. How is a performance dictated by time, place, tradition, learned techniques and mindset? And how can we open the door to wider musical freedom in the future, for performers, composers and listeners?

Pekka illustrates his thoughts with a wide selection of music, ranging from Purcell and Paganini to Mahler, Miles Davis and the White Stripes, and he also gets his violin out to create some on the spot improvisations.

In this second episode Pekka explores and questions the significance of repetition in music. He applauds the violinist Thomas Zehetmair, who turns Paganini鈥檚 24 Caprices from exercises into mini Italian operas. He also admires 叠箩枚谤办鈥檚 ability to mask and magnify repetition by making it sophisticated enough to withstand hundreds of listens. And Pekka invites us to join him in a musical tasting party, sampling multiple recordings of Schubert鈥檚 Winterreise made by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Aug 2022 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Gloaming

    The Lobster

  • Steve Reich

    It's gonna rain (excerpt)

    Narrator: Brother Walter.

  • Henry Purcell

    Intermezzo (Act 5, The Fairy Queen)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair.

  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Human Behaviour

  • Jean Sibelius

    Impromptu, Op. 78 No. 1

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Heini K盲rkk盲inen.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 (II. Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.

  • SOPHIE

    BIPP

  • John Adams

    Look down at the Earth (Act 2, Sc 1: Nixon in China [excerpt])

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Edo de Waart.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise (I. Gute Nacht, 1955 recording)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise (I. Gute Nacht, 1972 recording)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise (I. Gute Nacht, 1985 recording)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise (I. Gute Nacht, 1990 recording)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.

  • Pekka Kuusisto

    Improvisation

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Dec 2021 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 14 Aug 2022 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3