Flute player Katy Bircher with musical transcendence
Flute player Katy Bircher reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a lilting lullaby to a fantastical French opera.
Katy Bircher is a flute player who specialises in historical instruments. She plays with ensembles such as the Dunedin Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Gabrieli Consort and Players and La Serenissima.
Today, Katy explains why she fell in love with the world of early French music, and reveals the wondrous possibilities of the clavichord in the hands of Carole Cerasi. She also muses on her love of the mellow tones of the viola, and plays a lullaby that shows what intimate music making is all about.
Plus, a piece which is, according to Katy, completely perfect鈥�
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ehre sel dir, gott, Gesungen (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- LINN.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat (IV. Allegretto grazioso - un poco pi霉 presto)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.- ECM.
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Leonard Bernstein
Tonight - Quintet (West Side Story)
Singer: Betty Wand. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Singer: Johnny Green. Singer: Marni Nixon. Orchestra: "West Side Story" Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.- SONY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364 (I. Allegro maestoso)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- DG.
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Jacobus Gallus
Ecce quomodo moritur
Choir: Glasgow University Chapel Choir. Conductor: James Grossmith.- LINN.
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Michel de la Barre
Suite No. 2 in G major (IV. Sarabande; V. Allemande)
Performer: Stephen Preston. Performer: Hopkinson Smith. Performer: Blandine Verlet. Performer: Jordi Savall.- ASTREE AUVIDIS.
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Joseph Haydn
'And God Said: Let the Earth Bring forth the Living Creature' (The Creation: Sixth Day)
Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG ARCHIV.
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Joseph Haydn
'Straight opening her fertile womb' (The Creation: Sixth Day)
Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG ARCHIV.
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Joseph Haydn
'Now heaven in fullest glory shines' (The Creation: Sixth Day)
Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- DG ARCHIV.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in E minor, Wq. 62 / 6 (I. Allegro)
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 (II. Allegro)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- WARNER.
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Anonymous c. 1700
Mareta No'm Faces Plorar
Performer: Arianna Savall. Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies for Wind Instruments
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Yellow Road
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Entr茅e de Polymnie & Contradanse (Les Boreades, Act 4)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Tom Johnson
Failing: a very difficult piece for string bass
Performer: Robert Black.- NEW WORLD.
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Benjamin Britten
Nicolas and the Pickled Boys (Saint Nicolas)
Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Choir: Sawston Village College Choir. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
Broadcast
- Sat 6 Aug 2022 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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