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Soprano Pumeza Matshikiza with a playlist of romantic intensity

Soprano Pumeza Matshikiza reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a rare Mendelssohn cantata and musical trickery from singer-songwriter Simphiwe Dana.

South African lyric soprano Pumeza Matshikiza chooses a playlist of music that combines rich orchestral sounds from Gustav Mahler and Felix Mendelssohn, captivating string writing by Antonio Vivaldi, Johannes Brahms and Kevin Volans, and some vocal greats including Jessye Norman, J眉ssi Bjorling, Elly Ameling and Maria Callas.

Pumeza also enjoys the strange rhythms and harmonies conjured up by singer-songwriter Simphiwe Dana and is moved by the hauntingly powerful song Strange Fruit performed by Billie Holiday.

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 1 Jul 2023 13:00
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Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    'Casta Diva' (Norma, Act 1)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • WARNER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 (IV. Prestissimo)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    'Lobgesang' Cantata (Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato; "Ich harrete des Hernn")

    Singer: Anne Schwanewilms. Singer: Petra Maria Schnitzer. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Abel Meeropol

    Strange Fruit

    Performer: Billie Holiday.
    • COMMODORE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet in B flat major (IV. Rondo)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Richard Strauss

    Allerseelen

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, 'Summer' (I. Allegro non molto)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Jeg Elsker Dig

    Performer: Jussi Bj枚rling.
    • UNIVERSAL DIGITAL ENTERPRISES.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude No. 1 in C (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • ecm.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 (I. Trauermarsch)

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

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat Major Op. 47 (III. Andante Cantabile)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Schumann.
    • AEON.

  • Simphiwe Dana

    Sabela

    Performer: Simphiwe Dana.
    • UNIVERSAL.

  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck Lieder (III. Im Treibhaus)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto, Op. 10 No. 4 in G major, RV 435

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • WARNER.

  • Kevin Volans

    String Quartet No. 2, 'Hunting: Gathering' (III. Third Expedition)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    'Il balen del suo sorriso' (Il Trovatore, Act 2)

    Singer: Giorgio Zancanaro. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • DG.

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  • Sat 1 Jul 2023 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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