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Soprano Mary Bevan with music from the sublime to the spectacular

Soprano Mary Bevan reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the haunting vocals of Jeff Buckley to spectacular organ music by Louis Vierne.

Soprano Mary Bevan shines a light on brilliant music for the voice from composers including Tomas Luis de Victoria, Giovanne Croce, Handel, Jeff Buckley, and her father David Bevan.

Mary is also wowed by the power of Louis Vierne’s Organ Symphony No.1 and finds great beauty in the mysterious sounds of violinist Bjarte Eike and his band Barokksolistene.

Plus, a piano duet by Rachmaninov that brings back childhood memories of conducting with a hairbrush. As you do…

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Missa Salve Regina a 8 (II. Gloria)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.
    • ARCHIV PRODUKTION.
  • Louis Vierne

    Organ Symphonie No.1, Op. 14 (VI. Final)

    Performer: Daniel Chorzempa.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Trad.

    Tabhair dom do lamh (Give me your hand)

    Performer: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • BIS.
  • Kurt Weill

    Je ne t'aime pas

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • DG.
  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz. 116 (V. Finale. Pesante - Presto)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Crystal Streams in Murmurs Flowing (Susanna, HWV 66)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17 (II. Waltz)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: André Previn.
    • DECCA.
  • David Bevan

    Magnificat

    Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F sharp minor

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Gently, little boat; Where art thou, Venus? (The Rake's Progress, Act 3 Sc 3)

    Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: Cathryn Pope. Singer: Sarah Walker. Singer: Stafford Dean. Singer: Samuel Ramey. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Choir: London Sinfonietta Chorus. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046 (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Giovanni Croce

    In Spiritu Humilitatis

    Choir: Choir of the London Oratory. Conductor: Patrick Russill.
    • HERALD.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for Left Hand in D major

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Jeff Buckley

    Corpus Christi Carol

    • COLUMBIA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Jun 2022 13:00

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