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Violinist and conductor Johannes Pramsohler chooses an inventive and joyful playlist

Violinist and conductor Johannes Pramsohler reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a musical earthquake by Handel, to Bach in the hands of Anton Webern.

Johannes Pramsohler is a baroque violinist and conductor who likes to explore music from any number of inventive and innovative angles. For this edition of Inside Music, Johannes chooses music by a number of overlooked composers including Friedrich Gernsheim, Josef Rheinberger, Franz Clement and Giovanni Alberto Ristori, and when you hear these pieces you may well wonder why they aren’t heard more today.

Heading back into the musical mainstream, Johannes also chooses string music by Mozart and Maurice Ravel, an excerpt from Verdi’s Otello and the last movement of Richard Strauss’ oboe concerto.

Plus, incredibly modern music that was written in the 18th century.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3

Photo credit: Edouard Brane

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Vacillò, per terror del primo errore" ("Donna che in ciel" HWV 233)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ricercar a 6

    Orchestrator: Anton Webern. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F Major (II. Assez vif - très rythmé)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • MIRARE.
  • John Blow

    Trio sonata in A Major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • AUDAX.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Mass in E-flat Major, "Cantus Missae" (Kyrie)

    Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart.
    • CARUS.
  • Friedrich Gernsheim

    Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 20 (IV. Rondo Allegro)

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • AUDAX.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Von der Schönheit (Lied von der Erde, No. 4)

    Singer: Violeta Urmana. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Franz Clement

    Violin concerto in D Major (II. Adagio)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • CEDILLE.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in E-flat, "Dumbarton Oaks" (I. Tempo giusto)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (Contrapunctus IX)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.
  • Giovanni Alberto Ristori

    Cantata M.144, "Lavinia a Turno" (M'affretta il padre all'ara)

    Singer: María Savastano. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • AUDAX.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in G Minor, K 516 (III. Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Quatuor Ébène. Performer: Antoine Tamestit.
    • ERATO.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Una vela, una vela (Otello, Act 1)

    Performer: Alan Opie. Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

    La Jeanette

    Performer: Philippe Grisvard.
    • AUDAX.
  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto in D Major, Op. 144 (III. Vivace - Allegro)

    Performer: François Leleux. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Nov 2023 13:00

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