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Composer Alex Groves finds motion in music

Composer Alex Groves reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a showstopping aria to a dramatic orchestral storm.

Alex Groves finds wide open skies in the music of John Luther Adams, a storm whipped up by Benjamin Britten, and a complex but effective representation of the chaos of the internet in choral music by Ben Nobuto.

Alex also explains how you can breathe along to a track played by Liam Byrne on the viol, and shows how Ravel writes for string quartet as if he鈥檚 writing for a modern band.

Plus, Alex reveals the process of finding a sound that feels like his own as a composer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

Photo credit: Sam Le Roux

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Dec 2023 13:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    'Author of Peace' (Saul, Act 2 Sc 8)

    Singer: Elizabeth Atherton. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes, CD 98 (II. Fetes)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Alex Groves

    Curved Form (No. 4)

    Performer: Eliza McCarthy.
    • ALEX GROVES.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No. 22 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4 (IV. Presto)

    Ensemble: Ruisi Quartet.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da Requiem (2f. Rex Tremendae)

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Ren茅 Pape. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.

  • Marin Marais

    Les voix humaines

    Performer: Liam Byrne.
    • BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Interlude II, 'The Storm' (Peter Grimes, Act 1)

    Orchestra: Britten Pears Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Ben Nobuto

    Sol

    Choir: NYCGB Fellowship. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • NMC.

  • John Luther Adams

    Canticles of the Sky (I. Sky with Four Suns)

    Performer: Hans Jorgen Jensen. Ensemble: Northwestern University Cello Ensemble.
    • COLD BLUE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Trumpets, Strings & Continuo in C major, RV 537

    Performer: Bernard Soustrot. Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • WARNER.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major, M. 35 (II. Assez vif - tr猫s rythm茅)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ysa每e.
    • DECCA.

  • Julia Wolfe

    Anthracite Fields (IV. Flowers)

    Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars. Conductor: Julian Wachner.
    • CANTALOUPE.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1 in E minor (I. Allegro ma non troppo)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • DECCA.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge (III. Is my team ploughing?)

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Jacqueline Shave.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Its Motion Keeps

    Choir: Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Conductor: Dianne Berkun Menaker.
    • NEW AMSTERDAM.

  • Nico Muhly

    O Clavis David (Alex Groves Remix)

    Composer: Alex Groves. Performer: James McVinnie.
    • BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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