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Violinist Davina Clarke with music to make you smile

Davina Clarke reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from John Dowland鈥檚 Flow my tears to Barber鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

As a teenager violinist Davina Clarke fell in love with choral music and today she serves up several choral treats, including Lotti鈥檚 Crucifixus, Brahms鈥檚 Geistliches Lied and William Harris鈥檚 Faire is the heaven.

She鈥檚 also thrilled by a live recording of Hector Berlioz鈥檚 Overture 鈥楲e Corsaire鈥 and enjoys violinist Joshua Bell鈥檚 polished yet exhilarating playing in a miniature by Fritz Kreisler.

Plus, her insights into obbligato textures, where a melodic part accompanies a solo line, in music by JS Bach and Handel.

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

Music Played

  • John Dowland

    Flow my tears

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Singer: Barbara Bonney.
    • DECCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Path茅tique' (II. Allegro con grazia)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus a 8

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • DECCA.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (I. Allegro)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • ONYX.
  • Trad.

    Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Music Arranger: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • SOMM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Stummer Seufzer, stille Klagen (Cantata BWV199)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • ERATO.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tambourin Chinois Op.3

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied

    Music Arranger: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gigue in G major, K. 574

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Jacob Collier

    Don't you worry 'bout a thing

    • SELF-RELEASED.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor (III. Adagio molto e cantabile)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Fred Astaire

    Cheek To Cheek

    • LEGACY.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sweet Stillness

    Performer: Davina Clarke. Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Davina Clarke Ensemble.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (III. Allegro)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Nov 2023 13:00

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