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Singer Ruby Hughes on magic and movement in music

Singer Ruby Hughes reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from moments of improvised perfection, to harmonies that take us to another realm.

Singer Ruby Hughes covers many musical bases, including an exploration of the way different musicians feel rhythm as they perform: from Janine Jansen playing Ravel on the violin, to Dave Okumu on guitar, and the slightly different approaches of Lucy Crowe and Mark Padmore when they sing Handel.

She also explains why the voices of Jessye Norman, Felicity Lott and Mahalia Jackson are so inspirational, and reveals a track that always gets her and her son dancing around their kitchen.

Plus, the spellbinding harmonies of John Adams鈥� Harmonielehre for orchestra鈥�

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

Photo credit: Camillo Escheverri

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Dec 2022 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alban Berg

    Nacht, 'D盲mmern Wolken 眉ber Nacht und Tal' (Seven Early Songs, No. 1)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher (St. John Passion, Part 1)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • RIVERSIDE RECORDS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • DG.

  • John Adams

    Meister Eckhardt and Quackie (Harmonielehre, Part 3)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor, D. 940 (Part 1)

    Performer: Radu Lupu. Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • Dave Okumu

    Oceans of Purple

    • RUBY MOON RECORDS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major, M. 77 (II. Blues. Moderato)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • DECCA.

  • Georg Frideric Handel

    'As Steals the Morn' (L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, HWV 55)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    So Much Trouble In The World

    • ISLAND RECORDS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols (V. Balulalow)

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • WARNER.

  • Andrew Norman

    Sustain

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella (Waltz-Coda; Midnight)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Duke Ellington

    Come Sunday (feat. Mahalia Jackson)

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Richard Strauss

    Befreit (5 Lieder, Op. 39, TrV 189, No. 4)

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wally Badarou

    Mambo

    • ISLAND RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Dec 2022 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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