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Cellist Seth Parker Woods with sparks and surprises

Cellist Seth Parker Woods reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a string quartet with quirky rhythms to an exhilarating performance of a Schubert symphony.

Cellist Seth Parker Woods explores recordings with an element of the unexpected, including a vibrant spiritual sung by operatic soprano Kathleen Battle.

There’s also a song by a prized voice of Haiti’s Golden Age, a large-scale choral concerto, and an overture that really shows off the distinctive sound of the chalumeau.

Plus, a piece inspired by women who worked in match factories in the 1800s…

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Anon.

    Good News

    Performer: Margo Garrett. Music Arranger: Robert Sadin. Singer: Kathleen Battle.
  • Leonardo Leo

    Concerto No. 2 in D major (I. Andante grazioso; II. Con bravura)

    Performer: Elinor Frey. Ensemble: Rosa Barocca. Conductor: Claude Lapalme.
  • Paolo Pandolfo

    Passemezzo...nei boschi del Re

    Performer: Thomas C. Boysen. Performer: Guido Morini. Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Andrea De Carlo.
  • Hannah Kendall

    The Spark Catchers

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
  • George Gershwin

    Bess, you is my woman now (Porgy & Bess)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 9 in C, 'The Great' (IV. Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
  • Émerante de Pradines

    Manman m voye m peze kafe

    Singer: Nathalie Joachim. Ensemble: Spektral Quartet.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Choir Concerto (II. This Collection of Songs)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš.
  • Christoph Graupner

    Overture in F major, GWV 449, 'La Speranza amoroso'

    Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Director: Gunar Letzbor.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 4, 'Romantic' (III. Scherzo - Trio)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI No. 20 (I. Moderato)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
  • Paul Wiancko

    Lift: Pt. 1

    Ensemble: Aizuri Quartet.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Vieni t'affretta...Or tutti sorgete (Macbeth, Act 1)

    Singer: Shirley Verrett. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Jul 2022 13:00
  • Sat 2 Sep 2023 13:00

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