Flautist Claire Wickes with music from Mozart to the sound of a rolling marble
Claire Wickes reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including music for the Estonian kannel and a few favourite moments from operas.
Claire Wickes is Principal Flute of the English National Opera Orchestra, which she claims is the best orchestral seat in the house, and several of her choices are inspired by what she hears from that particular seat.
Claire explores instrumentalists imitating singers and vice versa, enjoys a cello concerto that is written in a way you might not expect, and advocates visiting a snowy Estonian forest to understand the music of Arvo P盲rt.
The flute makes several appearances, with C. P. E. Bach鈥檚 impressive use of the flute鈥檚 different registers, and Mozart鈥檚 exquisite lines for winds in his Piano Concerto No. 24.
Plus, the sounds of the electronic kannel and a marble rolling along a table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
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Thomas Ad猫s
Hotel Suite from 'Powder Her Face' (Overture)
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- ONDINE.
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George Walker
Piano Sonata No. 1 (II. Theme & 6 variations)
Performer: Steven Beck.- BRIDGE.
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George Frideric Handel
Rompo i Lacci (Flavio, HWV 16)
Performer: Anthony Roth Costanzo. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- DECCA.
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Arvo P盲rt
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.- ECM.
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Anna Clyne
DANCE (I. When you're broken open; II. If you've torn the bandage off)
Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- AVIE.
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Benjamin Britten
Time treads upon the hands of women (The Rape of Lucretia, Act 1, Sc 2)
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble. Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: Claire Booth. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- ERATO.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 (I. Allegro)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Jacob Collier
In my room
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Philip Glass
Funeral of Amenhotep III (Akhnaten, Act 1, Sc 1)
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Choir: Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Conductor: Karen Kamensek.- ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae (arr. for chromatic kannel)
Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anna-Liisa Eller
Improvised Postlude No. 1
Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Igor Stravinsky
At the Shrovetide Fair (Petrushka, Part 1)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Clara Schumann
3 Romances, Op. 22 (I. Andante molto)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- DECCA.
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George Gershwin
Bess you is my woman now
Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Performer: Louis Armstrong.- VERVE RECORDS.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in D minor, Wq. 22, H. 484/1 (III. Allegro di molto)
Performer: Patrick Gallois. Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.- NAXOS.
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Anna Meredith
Sawbones
Performer: Anna Meredith.- MOSHI MOSHI.
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- Sat 4 Feb 2023 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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