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Viola player Roísín Ni Dhuill’s selection ranges from wild beauty to focussed control

Viola player Roísín Ni Dhuill with a playlist including Marcello’s beguiling oboe concerto and the thrilling close to one of Nielsen’s symphonies.

Roísín Ni Dhuill takes us deep into the string section of the orchestra with personal insights into how a Mahler symphony sounds from the very middle of the concert platform, and how performing a slow movement by Tchaikovsky requires both immense concentration and group awareness.

Roísín also remembers how her ears were ‘on stalks’ in a German opera pit as she heard Cecilia Bartoli perform unforgettable vocal feats on the stage above her head.

And she tries to get her head (and hands) around the way that traditional Irish fiddler Kevin Burke uses his bow to create unique percussive effects.

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

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Qui est homo qui non fleret (Stabat Mater)

    Performer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: James Bowman. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • John Williams

    Escapades for alto saxophone & orchestra (I. Closing in)

    Performer: Dan Higgins. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles.
    • SONY.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection' (IV. Urlicht)

    Performer: Christianne Stotijn. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Traditional

    Taimse Im' Chodladh

    Performer: Iarla Ó Lionáird.
    • REAL WORLD.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Sonata for Viola Solo, Op. 25, No. 1 (IV. Rasendes Zeitmass)

    Performer: Ruth Killius.
    • NOMAD MUSIC.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Lachrymae for solo viola & strings

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jamie Phillips.
    • CLAVES.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Non più mesta (La Cenerentola, Act 2)

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Traditional

    Pigeon on the Gate / Lafferty's / Morning Dew

    Performer: Kevin Burke.
    • GREEN LINNET.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor (II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER RECORDINGS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze

    Music Arranger: Myra Hess. Performer: Leon Fleisher.
    • SONY.
  • Richard Wagner

    Magic Fire Music (The Valkyrie, Act 3)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Punctum

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • Bay Bryan

    Sweet Joan

    Music Arranger: Fraser Langton. Performer: Bay Bryan. Performer: Roísín Ni Dhuill. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Pete Mitchell. Performer: Sam Vicary.
    • KYCKER MUSIC.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 5 (2nd mvmt, excerpt)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Paul Harvey

    Four Notes - Paul's Tune

    Music Arranger: Dan Whibley. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.
    • REDROCCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Oct 2022 13:00

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