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Composer Des Oliver finds surprises in music

Composer Des Oliver reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from unusual melodies to a 鈥榗heeky鈥� fugue.

Today on Inside Music, composer Des Oliver reveals how Germaine Tailleferre鈥檚 instrumental writing allows the true colours and textures of the orchestra to shine, and explains how writing his piece 鈥業conoclast鈥� completely changed his view of the accordion.

Des also marvels at the ever present shock value of Chopin鈥檚 Etude No.11: 鈥榃inter Wind鈥� and enjoys Mozart鈥檚 鈥楳usical Joke鈥� in which the composer reveals his witty and subversive side.

Plus, a track by the band Brotherly that changes your perception of time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

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Apr 2023 13:00
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Music Played

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 脿 12 in echo - Venice (1608)

    Ensemble: Musica Fiata Koln. Conductor: Roland Wilson.
    • SONY.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.6 in B minor, 'Pathetique' (II. Allegro con grazia)

    Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • BERLIN PHILHARMONIC.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    脡tude Op.25 No.11, 'Winter Wind'

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.

  • Philip Glass

    Knee 1 (Einstein on the Beach)

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for harp & orchestra (I. Allegretto)

    Performer: Gillian Sella. Orchestra: The Women鈥檚 Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • KOCH.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es ist vollbracht (St John Passion, BWV 245)

    Performer: Rainer Zipperling. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka Suite (1947): Scene 1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Des Oliver

    "Iconoclast"

    Performer: Mingyuan Ruan.

  • Claude Le Jeune

    Reveci venir de printemps

    Singer: Suzie LeBlanc. Singer: Daniel Taylor. Ensemble: Les Voix humaines.
    • ATMA.

  • Brotherly

    System

    • MUSIC AT MONUMENTAL.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets Op. 32 (VII. Neptune, the Mystic)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C Minor for winds & piano, Op. 40 (III. Allegro vivace)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • WARNER.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chant et Fugue

    Performer: Astor Piazzolla. Ensemble: Grande Orchestra D'Archi.
    • CAROSELLO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K. 522 (IV. Presto)

    Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Frigyes S谩ndor.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Trois Petites Liturgies de la Pr茅sence divine (I. Antienne de la conversation int茅rieure)

    Choir: Ma卯trise de Radio France. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Apr 2023 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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