Composer Nico Muhly curates a distinctive playlist
Composer Nico Muhly opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light
Composer Nico Muhly draws on influences ranging from American minimalism to the Anglican choral tradition. In this programme, the minimalists are represented by a powerful aria from John Adams鈥檚 opera Doctor Atomic, as well as film music from Philip Glass and music for strings by Steve Reich. The Anglican choral tradition appears via a rousing anthem by Charles Villiers Stanford, meditative psalm chant from the choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge, and a 鈥減erfect piece鈥� by John Rutter.
Nico also chooses orchestral works by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Ravel, and he reveals his fascination with a fantastically strange recording of Mozart鈥檚 Fantasia in D minor.
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
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John Rutter
God be in my head
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.- COLLEGIUM.
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Steve Reich
Duet
Ensemble: Smith Quartet.- SIGNUM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, s眉sser Tod (Come, Sweet Death), BWV 478
Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (IV. Tarantella; V. Toccata; VII. Vivo)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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John Taverner
Missa Corona spinea (IVa. Agnus Dei I)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (II. Adagio di molto)
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DG.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Nouvelles suites de pi猫ces de clavecin: Suite en sol (VII. L'enharmonique)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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John Adams
Batter My Heart (Doctor Atomic)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Adams.- NONESUCH.
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Nico Muhly
Scruples (Howard's End)
Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble.- MILAN.
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George Mursell Garrett
Psalm 137: By the waters of Babylon
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Meredith Monk
Memory Song
Ensemble: Meredith Monk & Ensemble.- CANTALOUPE.
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in D minor, K. 397
Performer: Glenn Gould.- SONY.
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Philip Glass
Media Weather
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- SONY.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
For Lo, I Raise Up, Op. 145
Performer: Peter Holder. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Singer: James Thomson. Singer: Simon Wall. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.- HYPERION.
Broadcast
- Sat 22 Jan 2022 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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