Episodes
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| A Contrabassoonist's Perspective On Music With Margaret Cookhorn | 20181201 | 20180512 (R3) | Today, bassoonist and principal contrabassoonist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Margaret Cookhorn shares her excitement about a rare experience - playing the contrabassoon in chamber music by Mozart. She also analyses how Richard Strauss brings exotic flavours to the orchestra in his take on Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils, and explains her fascination for patterns in the music of Benjamin Britten. Margaret's choices range from a miniature by Elgar played by violinist Nigel Kennedy to part of Messiaen's massive Turangalila Symphony, plus vocal acrobatics from Ella Fitzgerald and Bobby McFerrin. At 2 o'clock Margaret introduces her Must Listen piece - something she thinks everyone should hear at least once in their life - as she says: 'it contains one of the most exciting and rhythmic endings to a symphony ever written'. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| A Musical Adventure With Composer And Clarinettist Mark Simpson | 20191109 | Composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson embarks on a two-hour musical adventure that traverses atmospheric music for electronics and orchestra by Jonathan Harvey, rhapsodic symphonic writing by Rachmaninov and a mischievous piano piece by Stravinsky. At 2pm Mark ascends into the Australian night sky for his Must Listen piece: part of an epic and mystical cycle of works by Australian composer Georges Lentz, which is still being composed today. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson opens up a selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| A Musical Melting Pot Explored, By Composer Jocelyn Pook | 20190511 | Composer Jocelyn Pook takes a musical journey that includes Bulgarian choral singing, an Egyptian call to prayer, French film music and a song by the pioneering American vocalist and composer Meredith Monk. Jocelyn is also hypnotised by the 12th-century composer and mystic Hildegard of Bingen, thrilled by the beauty and brutality of Prokofiev and calmed by the piano music of Gavin Bryars. At 2pm Jocelyn introduces her Must Listen piece: a vibrant and joyful take on a traditional French-Canadian folk song, brought to life by the experimental musicians' collective, The Bang on a Can All-Stars. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Composer Jocelyn Pook opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| A Richly Romantic Mix With Horn Player Katy Woolley | 20191116 | Katy Woolley was appointed principal horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra when she was just 22, and has recently taken up the top horn job in Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Today she chooses music that has emotional weight behind it, whether it's angst-ridden or upbeat, and discovers how composers can unleash that power to move us. There's angular dance music by Prokofiev, the public expression of private grief by Brahms and music by Shostakovich that never seems to give up the fight. Plus one of the orchestral repertoire's most notorious French horn solos given a soulful treatment by Chet Baker, and how some early baroque music has more in common with The Carpenters than you'd think. At 2 o'clock Katy reveals her Must Listen piece - a work full of shape and colour by a conductor-composer. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Katy Woolley opens up a selection of classical music from a horn player's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| A Search For The Essence Of Music With Paul Lewis | 20180707 | 20190316 (R3) | Today pianist Paul Lewis is bemused by a performance on the player-piano by Marc-Andr退 Hamelin, finds the voice of Dame Clara Butt both terrifying and entrancing, and discovers that the combination of two voices, double bass and the composer Ant䀀nio Carlos Jobim serves to conjure up the very essence of chamber music. He also puts things into perspective by subjecting us to one of the worst recordings of all time'. At 2 o'clock Paul plays his Must Listen piece - a work by Schubert for male voices and strings in which Paul hears a depth of sound colour that he's often searching for in his piano playing. The series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Pianist Paul Lewis introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova With Powerful Melodies And Musical Embraces | 20220528 | Classical accordionist Ksenija Sidorova shares a tranquil choral piece to accompany us through hard times, and the Signum Saxophone Quartet play what Ksenija thinks could be the best version of a track from Star Wars. She also finds some perfect musical pairings - from the unusual combination of mandolin and piano in a track by Omer Avital, to the transportive sonorities of accordion combined with electronic music, and a conductor whose connection with his orchestra shines through a symphony by Tchaikovsky. Plus, a harp piece by Lavinia Meijer which is the perfect lullab | |
| Accordionist Martynas Levickis With Sounds From The Forest And The Solar System | 20231021 | Since winning Lithuania's Got Talent in 2010, Martynas Levickis has become one of the most sought-after accordion soloists in the world and an ambassador for his instrument. He explains how he first learned to play a tiny accordion aged three whilst wandering around the forests of Lithuania and chooses music that paints a musical picture of that scene by Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Martynas also performs an arrangement he made of music by Philip Glass, explains how he learned to love the symphonies of Gustav Mahler and enjoys some “rock n' roll ? Vivaldi. Plus he selects two pianists who are unafraid of doing things their own way, Francesco Tristano and James Rhodes. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Sebastian Madej Hear Martynas Levickis open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Accordionist Martynas Levickis reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including music by two Gustavs: cheeky intergalactic bassoons from Holst, and Mahler remixed. He explains how he first learned to play a tiny accordion aged three whilst wandering around the forests of Lithuania and chooses music that paints a musical picture of that scene by Lithuanian composer and painter Mikalojus Konstantinas C?iurlionis. Martynas also performs an arrangement he made of music by Philip Glass, explains how he learned to love the symphonies of Gustav Mahler and enjoys some `rock n' roll` Vivaldi. | |
| Baritone Benjamin Appl With Sparkling Voices And Inspiring Collaborations | 20230916 | Today on Inside Music, baritone Benjamin Appl admires the way lutenist Thomas Dunford draws listeners into his sound world, and reveals how Max Raabe uses his voice to emphasise the text in the song Bel Ami. There's also music for reflection in the hands of pianist Martha Argerich, and Benjamin shares his experience of witnessing the composition process of Gy怀rgy Kurtကg. Plus, a shining tenor voice who Benjamin claims is almost universally admired by singer | |
| Baritone Peter Brathwaite With Profound And Joyful Sounds | 20211211 | 20230318 (R3) | Baritone Peter Brathwaite invites us to listen to some of his personal discoveries - from a melancholic Romanian Doina he first heard while working on a show at the Royal Opera House, to Warlock's Bethlehem Down which he recorded during his gap year. He also finds unusual sonorities in Jessie Montgomery's piece Woods' as a violin and a bass are hit and plucked to create a creaking treescape, and enjoys voices ranging from the silvery tones of Iestyn Davies to the masterful portrayal of multiple characters in one short song performed by Willard White. Plus, he celebrates the Metropolitan Opera debut of Marian Anderson, the first black singer to perform there. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear baritone Peter Brathwaite open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Baritone Roderick Williams Rifles Through Some Favourite Records | 20220813 | Baritone Roderick Williams takes inspiration both from his parents' record collection and from composers who absorbed and reworked music from other times. Roderick's playlist effortlessly moves from symphonies by Schubert and Mahler to vocal music by Francis Potts and a certain Roderick Williams, as well as revelling in the sounds of The Modern Jazz Quartet and music written by Michael Giacchino for the film Batman. There's also storytelling by Prokofiev and Britten and a piece of musical defiance by Michael Tippett. And if you've ever had reservations about classical crossover, Benjamin Luxon singing the music of Herman Hupfeld might very well convince you to think agai | |
| Bass Matthew Rose With Vocal Virtuosity And Orchestral Intensity | 20210306 | 20220507 (R3) | In today's episode singer Matthew Rose remembers performing Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, reflects on the ancient sound world of Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and marvels at the voice of George London singing Wagner's Die Walküre . Matthew also wonders why Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto isn't better known and feels sorry for poor little defenceless animals being hunted by Haydn. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear bass Matthew Rose open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Bassoonist Sarah Burnett With Mystery, Metronomes And Mutes | 20230408 | Sarah Burnett is Principal Bassoon with the Britten Sinfonia and the London Mozart Players. Her choices today range from a choral piece by Tomကs Luis de Victoria whose harmony reflects a mysterious birth to an energetic piece by J怀rg Widmann intended to be played at a very particular speed. The bassoon features in various guises, with music showcasing Sophie Dervaux's beautiful tone at the upper end of the instrument, Sergio Azzolini's mastery of the baroque bassoon, and the instrument sitting alongside its wind colleagues in Poulenc's witty Sextet for piano and winds. There's also a scene from an opera, Mahler at his most heartbreakingly beautiful, and Duke Ellington teaches us how to swin | |
| Beautiful Bass Lines With Contrabassoonist Margaret Cookhorn | 20191214 | Bassoonist and principal contrabassoonist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Margaret Cookhorn appreciates the constantly shifting harmony in Debussy's String Quartet, marvels at the space created by the expansive bass line in a Bill Frisell track, is gripped by Rachmaninov's bold start to his Piano Prelude in C sharp minor, and wants to dance in the studio to some iconic Motown bassoon playing. She also attempts to decipher why a piece by Grieg sparked a sadness in her for years, and reveals music by Beethoven which is a joy to play as a bassoonist as it actually has some fast notes. Plus, a Scarlatti fugue for harpsichord with an interesting feline connection. At 2pm Margaret reveals her Must Listen piece - a dramatic work which unfolds slowly and inexorably with the timpani at its heart. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Bernstein 100: Inside Music With Kent Nagano | 20180825 | In today's special edition of Inside Music, conductor Kent Nagano reveals a colourful selection of music - from the inside. As a former student of Leonard Bernstein, Kent remembers an emphasis on a broad education that included visiting art galleries and reading great works of literature, alongside studying musical scores with the maestro. His choice of music includes two dramatic works that for Kent, prove that Bernstein was not only a larger than life figure, but an outstanding American composer. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Kent Nagano introduces a colourful selection of music, from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Blend And Colour With Harpist Heidi Krutzen | 20200620 | Heidi Krutzen is Principal Harp of the Philharmonia Orchestra, as well as a member of several chamber groups including her duo COULOIR and Trio Verlaine. Today, from her own home, Heidi reveals music that combines the harp with some unusual combinations of other instruments - from Arnold Bax's Elegiac Trio, to Nico Muhly's Clear Music. She also finds fearless piano playing by Alexander Horowitz in a live performance of an Etude by Scriabin, and uncovers a string sound that speaks to our core. Plus, music by a composer Heidi wishes had been written for the harp. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. Photo credit: Marina Vidor/Philharmonia Orchestra A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Brilliant Brass And A Drunken Santa With Trumpeter Anne Mcaneney | 20200411 | London Philharmonic Orchestra trumpeter Anne McAneney chooses music with the magic of live performance at its heart. She reflects on her own experiences working with conductors like Kurt Masur, Sir Andrew Davis and Vladimir Jurowski, and enjoys the comic musical genius of Dudley Moore and his interactions with the audience. Anne also demonstrates the subtleties of double and triple tonguing on the trumpet, before finding similar techniques in a track by Indian classical virtuoso Zakir Hussain. And if you want to know about the difficulties of playing in time while pretending to be a drunk Santa Claus (who doesn't?), Anne will enlighten you. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Trumpeter Anne McAneney opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Burnished Voices And Sparkling Brass With Bass Brindley Sherratt | 20190504 | Brindley Sherratt is a celebrated operatic bass who began his musical career as a trumpet player. In this edition of Inside Music Brindley charts his evolution from brass player to singer via Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, the dizzying heights of the big band and the Verdi aria which launched his singing career. He also pays homage to the musicians who have inspired him; George London's seemingly effortless vocal technique, the lyricism and power of Maurice Andr钀s trumpet playing and Sir Georg Solti's focus and stamina. Brindley's Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock is a much loved work full of drama and emotion that offers solace and reflection. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Abel Selaocoe With A Playlist Of Improvisation And Virtuosity | 20190622 | 20220924 (R3) | Abel Selaocoe is a unique musician. His training is classical, while his South African roots constantly inspire him to push at the boundaries of what he and his cello can do together. Abel's musical selection is as far ranging as you might expect. He explores pulsating rhythms and fragments of melody in a Sibelius symphony and describes how Maurice Ravel can conjure up the image of a boat on the sea through magical orchestral effects. And he can't resist the collaboration of mandolin and double bass, not to mention the peculiar but riveting sound of someone singing into a tuba. Plus, the dramatic sounds of Klezmer clarinet combined with a string quartet. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Mlungisi Hear cellist Abel Selaocoe open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Cellist Johannes Moser With An Absorbing Selection Of Music | 20190209 | Cellist Johannes Moser presents a broad selection of the music he loves - opening it up from the inside - introducing us to new pieces and throwing fresh light on familiar classics. He reveals how two Russian composers brought fire to life with sound, which one-take wonder has ended up in outer space, and the music that he heard before he was born. Plus, why a late-night encounter with the virtuoso violinist Ivry Gitlis in a smoky bar in Berlin was such a life-changing encounter At 2pm Johannes introduces us to one of his all-time favourite recordings with his `Must Listen` piece, a German sonata which is key to his own understanding of music. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Cellist Johannes Moser reveals some of the musical secrets behind his favourite pieces. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber Finds Immediacy And Rapture In Music | 20220521 | Music educator and former cellist Julian Lloyd Webber introduces a wide-ranging selection of pieces, from Frederick Delius's concisely constructed Song before Sunrise, to the loudest live performance he ever heard - a track by the band Cream. He also discovers conductor Evgeny Svetlanov playing the piano in a little-known chorus by Rachmaninov, and wonders whether the cellist Pierre Fournier produced such a recognisable sound because of the shape of his fingers. Plus Julian remembers how when he and his brother Andrew were flummoxed by a particular chord in a Beach Boys song, their father William Lloyd Webber came to the rescue. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear Julian Lloyd Webber open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Laura Van Der Heijden Finds Bittersweet Intensity In Music | 20190727 | Since winning BBC Young Musician in 2012, cellist Laura van der Heijen has successfully juggled professional performing with her academic studies. She has just graduated from St John's College, Cambridge and in today's edition of Inside Music she talks about a highlight of her Cambridge years - putting on a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion. Laura also finds music by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss that has in the past assuaged her teenage angst, and a concerto by Telemann that's been pepped up with the addition of the Hungarian cimbalom. Raw vocal expression is another necessity for Laura, as she chooses recordings by singers Fritz Wunderlich, Ella Fitzgerald and Allan Clayton. At two o'clock Laura's Must Listen piece mixes cello, violin and orchestra and a sense of timelessness. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Matthew Barley On Textures, Togetherness And Taking Your Time | 20230218 | Today on Inside Music, cellist Matthew Barley reveals moments of fresh insight into music making: from his cello teacher Natalia Shakhovskaya in Moscow, to the perfectly in sync ensemble playing of the Calefax Reed Quintet. Matthew also plays a track by Anna Meredith from his upcoming album, and finds adventurous and shocking harmony in the choral writing of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo and also Morten Lauridsen, four hundred years later. Plus, a difficult situation leads Matthew to a new opportunit | |
| Cellist Miriam Skinner With Space, Colour And Rhythm | 20210130 | BBC Philharmonic cellist Miriam Skinner presents a feast of sound - from music that reflects the strange internal workings of Maurice Ravel's mind, to a folk group based around the corner from Miriam's home in West Yorkshire. She also dissects some of what she calls Stravinsky's gift to the world' (including describing how exhausting it is to perform), and taps into personal memories with a piece by Elgar recorded by some of the greatest string players of the 20th century. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Natalie Clein Chooses Music That Satisfies Both Mind And Heart | 20181222 | 20191019 (R3) | Cellist Natalie Clein describes what it's like playing J.S. Bach's inexorable bass lines, thinks about how important silence is - both in music and everyday life, and presents two very different versions of the tango. She also introduces us to a refreshing take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the granite-like construction of Sibelius's 5th Symphony. Natalie's Must Listen piece at 2pm takes us into the world of one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century - performing his own music. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Cellist Natalie Clein, Musical Motion And Oceanic Stillness | 20200718 | Natalie Clein is a world-renowned cellist whose musical explorations have led her to work with composers, dancers and writers. Today, from her living room in Berlin, Natalie starts where her career began - with Bach's cello suites. She then finds personal relevance in Steve Reich's looping melodies, before enjoying some sumptuous violin playing from Anne-Sophie Mutter. She also muses on how a simple transition from one note to the next can make you feel as if you're sinking into the depths of an ocean, and reveals how a simple fairy tale by Prokofiev may be concealing a more profound statement of longing. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cellist Seth Parker Woods With Sparks And Surprises | 20220702 | Cellist Seth Parker Woods explores recordings with an element of the unexpected, including a vibrant spiritual sung by operatic soprano Kathleen Battle. There's also a song by a prized voice of Haiti's Golden Age, a large-scale choral concerto, and an overture that really shows off the distinctive sound of the chalumeau. Plus, a piece inspired by women who worked in match factories in the 1800 | |
| Choirmaster Gareth Malone With A Playlist Full Of Festive Flavours | 20221224 | Fresh from his role as chairman of the judges for the BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition, choirmaster Gareth Malone takes his place behind the Inside Music microphone and serves up a selection of music from across the centuries. There's a distinctly festive feel to Gareth's choices which include seasonal choral pieces from the King's Singers, the Crouch End Festival Chorus and Take 6, plus the Finchley Children's Music Group and the Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir. There's also piano music by Chopin arranged for brass ensemble, a fiery dance by Stravinsky, mind-bending film music and sounds from the early 13th century brought to life by the Dufay Collective. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Trevor Leighton Get to know a selection of music from the inside with conductor Gareth Malone. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Choral Conductor Greg Beardsell With The Many Voices Of The Voice | 20210109 | Greg Beardsell is a choral conductor and educator who loves the human voice and everything it can do. Greg has chosen a rousing coronation anthem by Handel, a piece recorded under lockdown by his colleagues in the London Youth Chamber Choir and a vocal ensemble incorporating beatboxing into their performance of of a new work by Anna Meredith. Greg also explains why the music of Riverdance is a real conducting challenge; chooses Joseph Horovitz's Euphonium Concerto as an example of impressive breath control and picks music by Charles Ives which poses an existential question... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Choral Conductor Simon Halsey Delves Into Some Musical Storytelling | 20211030 | Choral conductor Simon Halsey's choices include music for choirs both big and small, from an intimate motet by Orlando Gibbons to a Gustav Mahler symphony. He also admires a recording made by Jacqueline du Pr退 and Daniel Barenboim when they were in their early twenties. Plus, he finds beauty and power in pieces which at first glance seem simple. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Choral Conductor Sofi Jeannin | 20180630 | 20181215 (R3) | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today conductor Sofi Jeannin talks about the sense of longing she hears in Elgar's first symphony, is seduced by the velvet fingers of violinist Josef Hassid, and reveals her admiration for percussionists by choosing a virtuosic piece by Xenakis. Sofi also ensures a Swedish flavour to her choices, playing music by composers from her homeland including Wilhelm Stenhammar, Anders Hillborg and Elfrida Andree. For her Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock, Sofi plays a brand new recording she has made with the BBC Singers featuring music by a French composer who was once described as 'half monk, half rascal'. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Claire Booth Returns With Music That's Both Passionate And Subtle | 20190309 | Singer Claire Booth finds the links in the musical language that unites Ligeti and the jazz pianist Jason Rebello, and explores why an act of rebellion by Richard Strauss inspired groundbreaking song writing. Claire thinks about musical friendships as she explains how a tiny music box became part of a work by her late friend Oliver Knussen, and reveals how she was calmed by the music of Corelli in an opera house dressing room. At 2pm Claire brings us her Must Listen piece with the perfectly balanced pairing of Gil Shaham and Pierre Boulez, who bring out the romanticism of Bartok. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Clarinettist Berginald Rash With Cadenzas, Constellations And A Cradle Song | 20220409 | 20240210 (R3) | Clarinettist Berginald Rash shares music which, for him, conjures up vivid images including the red clay of the Mississippi Delta and the constellations of the night sky. He showcases several vocalists whose expertise surprises him, including Natalie Dessay's sky-high singing, the burnished quality of Renee Fleming's voice, and Daryl Coley's ability to sing an immensely long phrase without taking a breath. And Berginald admires fellow clarinettist Mariam Adam's skill at tackling virtuosic extended techniques and cadenzas. Plus, the magical blend which Berginald finds is a characteristic of the American school of wind playing. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Ishmael Claxton Berginald Rash opens up classical music from a clarinettist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Berginald Rash opens up a selection of classical music from a clarinettist's point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. |
| Clarinettist Berginald Rash With Cadenzas, Constellations, And A Cradle Song | 20220409 | Clarinettist Berginald Rash shares music that, for him, conjures up vivid images including the red clay of the Mississippi Delta and the constellations of the night sky. He showcases several vocalists whose expertise surprises him, including Natalie Dessay's sky-high singing, the burnished quality of Renee Fleming's voice, and Daryl Coley's ability to sing an immensely long phrase without taking a breath. And Berginald admires fellow clarinettist Mariam Adam's skill at tackling virtuosic extended techniques and cadenzas. Plus, the magical blend which Berginald finds is a characteristic of the American school of wind playing. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Berginald Rash opens up classical music from a clarinettist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Clarinettist Berginald Rash With Cadenzas, Constellations, And A Cradle Song | 20220409 | 20240210 (R3) | Clarinettist Berginald Rash shares music that, for him, conjures up vivid images including the red clay of the Mississippi Delta and the constellations of the night sky. He showcases several vocalists whose expertise surprises him, including Natalie Dessay's sky-high singing, the burnished quality of Renee Fleming's voice, and Daryl Coley's ability to sing an immensely long phrase without taking a breath. And Berginald admires fellow clarinettist Mariam Adam's skill at tackling virtuosic extended techniques and cadenzas. Plus, the magical blend which Berginald finds is a characteristic of the American school of wind playing. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Berginald Rash opens up classical music from a clarinettist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Berginald Rash opens up a selection of classical music from a clarinettist's point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. |
| Clarinettist Julian Bliss On How To Find Your Voice In Music | 20210501 | Today on Inside Music, Julian Bliss reveals how he tries to emulate the human voice on his instrument, whether it's Ailish Tynan weaving lines around the clarinet in Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, or Nancy Wilson singing The Masquerade is Over. He also finds power in the sound of the string orchestra, with an arrangement of a Grieg string quartet and a lullaby by Gershwin, and we discover what Julian has learned from Sabine Meyer, one of his biggest influences as a player. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Claire Hannan Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Clarinettist Katherine Spencer With A Sea Cave, A Sextet And A Silly Song | 20240316 | Clarinettist Katherine Spencer, also known in the musical world as Waffy, celebrates movement in music, including Stockhausen's quartet for strings and helicopters which makes Katherine feel like she's flying, and a piano quintet by Schumann which is best listened to (according to Katherine) in the car. Katherine also reveals that the first piece she learned on the clarinet was Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore, and tells an intriguing story about her discovery of Per Nørgård's ‘Bavette's Feast Suite', which shows that the context in which you hear music can completely change the way it makes you feel. Plus, a cheeseburger song to brighten your day - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear clarinettist Katherine Spencer open up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Clarinettist Katherine Spencer reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the power of Clair de Lune sung by Renée Fleming, to the universal appeal of Acker Bilk. | |
| Clarinettist Mariam Adam With Musical Canaries, Croissants And A Call To Prayer | 20221029 | Clarinettist Mariam Adam explores music inspired by different countries and cultures, including Mexico, Mali, Egypt, Spain and Australia. There's also a concerto by Mozart, chamber music full of humour, and a powerful song by Wagner. She also finds surprising sounds from the clarinet, with Luis Rossi performing on his like a canary, and an instrument from the baroque period which Mariam thinks sounds similar to the clarinet. Plus, the real story behind one of Dolly Parton's most popular song | |
| Clarinettist Michael Collins' Musical Treats | 20181027 | Clarinettist Michael Collins reveals how he had to learn a 30-minute piece by John Adams in two days (from scratch), wonders what it would be like to play Vivaldi's Four Seasons on the clarinet and is uplifted by Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Michael also introduces a beautiful song from Japan which has become a key part of his repertoire. At 2 o'clock Michael reveals his Must Listen piece by a composer who had a special affinity with the clarinet. Expect virtuosic fireworks. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Clarinettist Michael Collins guides us through some of his favourite music. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Alex Groves Finds Motion In Music | 20231202 | 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's writing for a modern band. Plus, Alex reveals the process of finding a sound that feels like his own as a composer - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear composer Alex Groves open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Composer Alex Groves reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a showstopping aria to a dramatic orchestral storm. Photo credit: Sam Le Roux | |
| Composer And Animateur Paul Rissmann With A Musical Spice Garden | 20220326 | Composer, presenter and animateur Paul Rissmann is passionate about musical education and his enthusiasm for inspiring sounds finds him choosing melancholic yet hopeful music by Anna Clyne, an exhilaratingly powerful piano concerto by Prokofiev, and a sparkling piece for violin and piano by William Grant Still. Paul also uncovers two famous pieces that have been radically re-imagined: Maurice Ravel's string quartet arranged for saxophones and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition reworked for an urban dance group. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Composer Paul Rissmann opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer And Clarinettist Mark Simpson With A Geyser, A Guitar And A Gran Partita | 20201212 | 20210821 (R3) | Composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson takes us behind the scenes of his latest composition, Geysir, which he recorded in lockdown with friends including oboist Nicholas Daniel, horn player Ben Goldscheider and bassoonist Amy Harman. Mark also chooses music by a composer he became obsessed with during 2020, Michael Tippett, and finds the conductor Franz Xavier-Roth breathing new life into Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony. And there's an ethereal piece by Danish composer Per Nørg倀rd that features an invented language by the Swiss artist Adolf W怀lfli. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Composer And Conductor Eric Whitacre With A Special Festive Playlist | 20231216 | Eric Whitacre's music has been performed throughout the world by millions of musicians around the world, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 110 different countries. In this special edition of Inside Music, Eric will be taking listeners deep into the heart of his personal classical selections, with insights and stories that conjure up a distinctive festive flavour. Eric selects a handful of stunning Christmas choral pieces from Sarah Quartell, Benjamin Britten, Cecilia McDowall, Philip Stopford and Francis Poulenc as well as one of his own most celebrated works, Lux Aurumque. There's also festive music from Corelli, Palestrina, Prokofiev and Florence Price, as well as upbeat numbers by Tchaikovsky, John Adams and Leonard Bernstein. Plus, inventive and intriguing music by Caroline Shaw that relies on a collection of flower pots - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, with a particular focus on a handful of stunning Christmas choral pieces. Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre with his selection of pieces for Saturday afternoon. | |
| Composer Caroline Shaw Explores Time And Melody. | 20191228 | 20200829 (R3) | Caroline Shaw is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, singer and violinist. She is a member of the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, and is regularly commissioned to write for international soloists and orchestras, as well as writing scores for film and TV. Caroline's choice of music includes a sparkly Carnival overture, an anonymous 17th-century love song about some beautiful eyes, and a bass and violin duet that sounds like breathing. She also discusses the power of repetition in music: from a viola solo that keeps coming back in her own piece Its Motion Keeps, to the efficiency and elegance' of Arvo P䀀rt's writing in Spiegel im Spiegel. Plus, a harpsichord player who uses time delay and expression to create the illusion of dynamics in a piece by Couperin. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Composer Cheryl Frances-hoad With Music From Boccherini To Blur | 20210227 | Composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad lines up a freewheeling playlist full of energy, soulful melodies and adventurous sounds. Cheryl includes a track by Dave Brubeck that she spent hours transcribing as a young child, looks to James Macmillan as an example of how to write for percussion and is left devastated by the emotional power of Mozart's Requiem. Cheryl also challenges you to identify a mysterious instrument... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Christopher Willis With A Playlist That Mixes The Cosmic And The Visceral | 20230930 | Christopher Willis is an Emmy Award-winning composer, arranger, songwriter and pianist who created the soundtracks for The Death of Stalin, Lamya's Poem and The Personal History of David Copperfield, besides writing music for films including Winnie the Pooh, Shrek and the TV series Veep. Christopher's choices on Inside Music range far and wide. There's William Walton's stunning score for the film Battle of Britain, whose influence he says you can hear all over the Star Wars movies. There's a song by Irving Berlin that Ella Fitzgerald uses as a vehicle for having fun with other tunes. And an earthy, satisfying piece by JS Bach which Christopher says brings out the engineer in him. Plus Haydn depicts the vast reaches of space. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Film composer Christopher Willis reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Des Oliver Finds Surprises In Music | 20230429 | Today on Inside Music, composer Des Oliver reveals how Germaine Tailleferre's instrumental writing allows the true colours and textures of the orchestra to shine, and explains how writing his piece Iconoclast' completely changed his view of the accordion. Des also marvels at the ever present shock value of Chopin's Etude No.11: Winter Wind' and enjoys Mozart's Musical Joke' in which the composer reveals his witty and subversive side. Plus, a track by the band Brotherly that changes your perception of tim | |
| Composer Gavin Higgins With A Playlist That Packs A Musical Punch | 20210529 | From a young age composer Gavin Higgins was immersed in the brass band culture of the Forest of Dean where he grew up. His musical roots are reflected in a selection of pieces that celebrate the brass family by composers including John Ireland, Schumann, Beethoven and Bernstein. Gavin is also captivated by the cosmic sound world of composer Kaija Saariaho and the haunting and nostalgic melodies of Herbert Howells. And Harry Potter also makes an appearance. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Hannah Kendall Explores The Notes Between The Notes | 20200926 | 20210828 (R3) | Hannah Kendall has composed music for various orchestras, ensembles and choirs throughout the UK, and her new piece Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama opened the 2020 live BBC Proms with its world premiere. In 2015 Hannah won the Women of the Future Award for Arts and Culture. Today Hannah explains how Mahan Esfahani's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations transformed the way she heard them, and explores the fluttery flute writing in Tania Le n's Alma. She also talks about the effect a space can have on a sound and treats us to the virtuosic tuba playing that changed her whole view of the instrument. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Chris Alexander Hear composer Hannah Kendall open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Composer Joby Talbot With Thrilling And Beautiful Sounds | 20230624 | Joby Talbot is in demand all over the world as a composer for ballet, film and the concert platform. He takes two hours off from his hectic schedule to guide us through a playlist of musical delights, giving insights on instruments like the glass gamelan and the challenges of playing the oboe, how to get an accordion to sigh, and why Stravinsky's Rite of Spring works so well as a four-hand piano piece. From Purcell to P䀀rt, klezmer to the King's Singers, join Joby on a stimulating tour of music old and new. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Anna McCarthy Hear composer Joby Talbot open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Nico Muhly Curates A Distinctive Playlist | 20220122 | Composer Nico Muhly draws on influences ranging from American minimalism to the Anglican choral tradition. In this programme, the minimalists are represented by a powerful aria from John Adams's opera Doctor Atomic, as well as film music from Philip Glass and music for strings by Steve Reich. The Anglican choral tradition appears via a rousing anthem by Charles Villiers Stanford, meditative psalm chant from the choir of King's College, Cambridge, and a `perfect piece` by John Rutter. Nico also chooses orchestral works by Sibelius, Stravinsky and Ravel, and he reveals his fascination with a fantastically strange recording of Mozart's Fantasia in D minor. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Composer Nico Muhly opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer Soosan Lolavar Explores Deep Musical Connections | 20211204 | Soosan Lolavar is a British-Iranian composer and researcher. Today on Inside Music, she discovers how composers like Jan??ek, Philip Glass and Ligeti often revisit their best ideas. Soosan also describes the way her recent treatment for cancer has changed her relationship with music, forging deeper connections with the works of Mahler, Sibelius and Beethoven. And she also finds how a performance by the legendary Iranian singer Mohammadreza Shajarian conjures moments of freedom, wild horses and the folk traditions of Sicily. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Composer Soosan Lolavar explores familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Composer, Performer And Author Kerry Andrew With Repetitive Rhythms And Refreshing Rhymes | 20230114 | Composer, performer and author Kerry Andrew explores music which blurs the lines between genres, from a new piece built on a traditional song to a track that blends elements of classical music with the sounds of rock and electronic dance music. As a successful writer and musician, Kerry enjoys delving deep into the relationship between music and text - admiring the genius placement of rhymes in a song by Rogers and Hart, and revealing a piano piece by Debussy that inspired a short story. Kerry also discovers a scherzo infused with cheekiness, a quartet born out of extreme hardship, and a surprising arrangement for brass ban | |
| Conductor Alpesh Chauhan's Enthralling Music Selection | 20181013 | 20190803 (R3) | Today, conductor Alpesh Chauhan talks about the piece that converted him from Bollywood to classical music, how Bruckner can be likened to the Orient Express and how one work by Prokofiev perfectly captures the essence of young love. Plus, Alpesh reminisces about the astounding, life changing experience of seeing pianist Grigory Sokolov perform. At 2 o'clock Alpesh reveals his Must Listen piece - an English work so full of heartache and emotion that he simply had to introduce it to Italian audiences. A new series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Alpesh Chauhan leads us through his favourite music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Conductor And Bassoonist Robin O'neill With Dancing Bass Lines | 20211218 | Robin O'Neill is principal bassoonist of the Philharmonia and has sat in the first bassoon chair in many other leading ensembles. He's also a successful conductor and self-confessed JS Bach nut, and on Inside Music he appreciates how much Bach (as a bassoonist himself) gave to the instrument. Robin also thinks about how he tries to emulate the colour, shading and intensity of the tenor voice in his bassoon playing, and describes the massive workout' of playing in Richard Strauss's Sinfonia Domestica. Plus he remembers how Herbert von Karajan encouraged the European Community Youth Orchestra to play like a huge chamber orchestra in Sibelius's Seventh Symphony. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Robin O'Neill opens up a selection of music from a bassoonist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor And Harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell Travels Musically From Darkness To Light | 20220709 | Conductor and harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell is artistic director of period instrument ensemble Apollo's Fire, and passionate about bringing early music to life. Today, Jeannette explores the importance of the key of D minor in several pieces, ranging from a fiery harpsichord concerto to a movement from Mozart's Requiem. Jeannette also enjoys folk songs that have found their way from the British Isles to American and Canada, and finds comfort in discovering the music of her own roots thanks to klezmer band She'koyokh. Plus, a medieval manuscript brought to life, even though half the music is missin | |
| Conductor And Keyboard Player Steven Devine Uncovers Musical Stories | 20211016 | Pianist, harpsichordist and conductor Steven Devine shares a range of musical choices from the unique Brazilian-jazz-ballet mix conjured up by Darius Milhaud to pieces associated with London's 18th-century Pleasure Gardens. He also discovers the point where dance meets symphonic writing in music by Tchaikovsky and finds Mozart bringing an extra degree of operatic emotion to the text of the mass. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Steven Devine reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor And Organist Anna Lapwood On Musical Instinct And Unexpected Textures | 20201219 | Conductor and organist Anna Lapwood gets nostalgic with a waltz for Christmas, and muses on the memory of playing a very scary celeste sol | |
| Conductor And Pianist Gary Matthewman Wonders What The Words Would Be... | 20230610 | Gary Matthewman is a conductor, and also a pianist, who works mainly with singers. He admits to being obsessed with song, and finds that even with music that has no text, he's constantly thinking about what the words behind the notes could be. In today's Inside Music he showcases the heart-melting sound of the flugelhorn playing a familiar tune and a thrilling vocal improvisation by Peruvian-born singer Yma Sumac, while the casting of some magic bullets deep in the forest stirs up supernatural sounds, both vocal and orchestral. Plus the sunniest of Mozart's piano concertos and the sound of rain evaporating as it reaches the ground, in the hands of composer Helen Grime. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear song pianist Gary Matthewman open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Ben Gernon With Striking Musical Pictures And A Touch Of Star Wars | 20200725 | In a varied two hours of music conductor Ben Gernon enjoys one of Rachmaninov's most luscious (borrowed) melodies and explains how he discovered the musical key that unlocked a piece by William Walton. He also finds Giacomo Puccini vividly describing falling in love, and Richard Strauss painting an orchestral picture that Ben can only describe as depraved... Plus there's vitality from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and a piece that goes Plink, Plank, Plunk. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Kirsty Thompson Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Chloe Rooke With Music That Fizzes And Music That Breathes | 20240217 | Chloe Rooke conducts orchestral concerts and opera performances regularly in both the Netherlands and the UK, besides enjoying bringing musicians together in more unusual places - taking music directly to people, wherever they might be. Chloe's choices on Inside Music range from the positive message of unity implied in Gustav Holst's ‘Jupiter' from his Planets suite, to the jazzy influences and melodic gorgeousness of Madeleine Dring's Trio for flute, oboe and piano. She also plays a calm but deeply emotional piece by Benjamin Britten, celebrates the precocious composing talent of Clara Schumann and delves into what she calls the ‘intention and intensity' of two Intermezzi by Johannes Brahms. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Conductor Chloe Rooke reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including heartfelt Mozart and a Celtic-Latin fusion. | |
| Conductor Delyana Lazarova With A Playlist Of Rhythm And Grandeur | 20211009 | Assistant conductor of the Hall退 Orchestra, Delyana Lazarova, is drawn to music with an emotional sweep and her choice of majestic symphonic works from Brahms, Dvorကk and Beethoven certainly confirms that. Delyana is equally fascinated by music steeped in folk traditions and visits Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria via Bela Bart k, Georges Enescu and the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir. And she draws attention to the music of two less familiar composers: Grazyna Bacewicz and Elsa Barraine. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Pascal Uehli Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Douglas Boyd With A Playlist Of Vitality And Ecstasy | 20200808 | Conductor Douglas Boyd sheds new light on well-loved classics by Schubert, Berlioz and Purcell, and discovers some exuberant and toe-tapping music by Giovanni Sollima and Gyorgy Ligeti. Dougie also reveals how he once surprised conductor Claudio Abbado with a relatively unknown piece for wind quintet by Beethoven, and demolishes the expectation that Handel's Hallelujah Chorus should always be loud, loud and louder still'. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Douglas Boyd opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Edwin Outwater With Music From Mozart To Metal | 20221008 | Conductor Edwin Outwater shares a playlist that draws upon musical inspirations from far and wide. As a young conductor he was mentored by Michael Tilson Thomas and this relationship is the inspiration for music by Debussy and Tilson Thomas himself, as well as a spectacular fusion of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with heavy metal superstars Metallica. Edwin also talks about visiting Ella Fitzgerald's house every Christmas as a youngster, how music from Schubert's song cycle Swan Song' conjures up sheer terror, and the challenge of creating a complex recording with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during lockdown. And Arnold Schoenberg shows off his lighter side with music that Edwin thinks could be mistaken for George Gershwin. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: David J. Kim Conductor Edwin Outwater opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Jonathan Berman Discovers What's Hidden In Music | 20210724 | Conductor Jonathan Berman shares a playlist ranging from orchestral music on a giant scale to one of the most recognisable of all miniature piano pieces in a subtle performance by Wilhelm Kempff. He also plays music recorded by David Attenborough on a trip to Bali in 1956 and enjoys the quirky humour of both Harry Partch and Giuseppe Verdi. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Karina Canellakis On Musical Majesty And Baroque Rock | 20210213 | 20220820 (R3) | Karina Canellakis is Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Today, Karina reveals some of her favourite voices - from the seductive sonority of Sergei Lemeshev singing Tchaikovsky, to the raw honesty of one of Billie Holiday's last recordings. She also finds a whole orchestral world inside a piano trio, and discovers joy in the repetitive music of both John Adams and Bach. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Mathias Bothor Hear conductor Karina Canellakis open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Conductor Kevin John Edusei With Music Of Purity And Power | 20220730 | 20230506 (R3) | Conductor Kevin John Edusei weaves together a rich and powerful playlist that effortlessly crosses musical boundaries. Sonorous music from Mendelssohn, Mahler, Brahms and Puccini sits alongside exciting and mysterious sounds from Edgar Var耀se, Gy怀rgy Ligeti and the Michael Wollny Trio. There is also joyful music from Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, as well as tracks by Jan Garbarek and Bj怀rk taken from two classic albums from the 1990s. Plus, a talking drum in conversation with the Kronos Quartet. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear conductor Kevin John Edusei open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Conductor Kirill Karabits Delves Into His Favourite Music | 20180929 | Conductor Kirill Karabits casts his net wide and puts together a rich playlist with a distinctly Ukrainian flavour. Kirill chooses Shostakovich's 11th symphony, which inspired him to become a conductor, secular and sacred vocal music from the Ukraine and exotic sounds from Australia and Armenia. He also introduces music created by his father, Ivan Karabits along with other composers including Rachmaninov, Liszt and Prokofiev. At 2 o'clock Kirill plays his Must Listen piece - something Kirill himself re-discovered in a music library in Kiev in 2001, but dating from centuries earlier. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Kirill Karabits introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Naomi Woo Sets Off On A Colourful Musical Journey | 20230311 | Canadian conductor and pianist Naomi Woo draws on a melting pot of musical inspirations that span over 400 years. At the early end of the spectrum, Naomi chooses music by Claudio Monteverdi, performed with a sense of freedom and adventure that brings it straight into the present day. The present day itself features with pieces by Lisel (`an electro-pop alien taken by the wonders of auto-tune`), London-based Chinese composer Sun Keting and Jeremy Dutcher, a Canadian composer and vocalist whose music shape shifts between classical and traditional, operatic power and the tuneful melodies of his Wolastoq Nation. There's also orchestral and operatic gems by Ethel Smyth, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Florence Price and Richard Wagner as well as a piece performed by the American jazz singer and pianist Blossom Dearie that took her a mere 11 years to learn. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear conductor Naomi Woo open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Natalie Murray Beale Reveals Her Musical Inspirations | 20190223 | Natalie Murray Beale takes us on a tour of music that makes her think. She describes the intensity of conducting music for a film soundtrack about robots, how playing Bach on modern instruments with vibrato and a very resonant sound can really work, and talks about what she has learned from conductor Esa Pekka Salonen - both in the way he directs an orchestra and how he writes music. Natalie also chooses a piece by Mendelssohn that illustrates one of the many ways composers over the centuries have used their musical ingenuity to depict storms. At 2pm Natalie brings us her Must Listen piece, a neo-classical masterpiece that starts in one way and then bursts out in different directions. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Nicholas Collon Explores His Musical Obsessions | 20180421 | 20190615 (R3) | Today, conductor Nicholas Collon discovers how when Joseph Haydn breaks the rules he produces his most endearing music, and describes just how Maurice Ravel skilfully manages to deconstruct the Viennese Waltz. His choices range from an emotionally pivotal moment in Bach's B minor Mass, to a piano piece on which he had a teenage crush, plus a madcap movement by John Adams played by Nicholas's own Aurora Orchestra. At 2 o'clock Nicholas reveals his Must Listen piece - a rarity from 1871 that he'd like to introduce to everyone. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Conductor Nicholas Collon introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Conductor Paavo J\u00e4rvi With A Playlist Of Grandeur And Sweeping Melodies | 20221203 | Paavo J䀀rvi is one of the world's great conductors and he has worked with many leading orchestras around the globe, as well as having made over a hundred recordings. In this programme he draws on his Estonian roots and chooses music by some of that country's finest composers including T倀nu K倀rvits, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Arvo P䀀rt. Paavo also discusses the purity of Bruckner's symphonic music, Oscar Peterson's amazing piano licks, and remembers his close friend the pianist Lars Vogt. Plus Paavo shares a favourite track by Leonard Cohen that encourages everyone to just slow dow | |
| Conductor Ryan Bancroft With Music To Surprise You | 20230121 | Conductor Ryan Bancroft finds that simplicity can be very powerful - from French Baroque composer Jacques Duphly's music for harpsichord, to CPE Bach's Magnificat. He also plays tracks which are somewhat trickier including Aaron Cassidy's I, purples, spat blood, laugh of beautiful lips', a piece all about struggle, and the presto from Mozart's Prague' Symphony which is almost unplayably fas | |
| Conductor Sakari Oramo With A Playlist Of Discovery | 20230415 | Sakari Oramo has been the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra since 2012, and he brings his own unique insights to Inside Music. Sakari is particularly interested in composers who may have been overlooked in recent decades, and in this edition he chooses a selection including Alice Mary Smith, Dora Peja?evi?, Laura Netzel, Ernst Mielck and Vitezslava Kaprကlovက. Alongside these new' names, Sakari is also captivated by musically adventurous sounds from the baroque era, showcased in the writing of Jean-F退ry Rebel, as well as music from a trio of boundary pushers from the 20th century: Arnold Schoenberg, Charles Ives and Alban Berg. Plus, a virtuosic jazz track from the Swedish pianist (and electrician) Jan Johansson. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega Hear conductor Sakari Oramo open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Conductor Sir Mark Elder Finds Ecstasy And Compassion In Music | 20200905 | 20210626 (R3) | Sir Mark Elder has been music director of the Hall退 Orchestra since 2000, and has conducted many of the world's leading orchestras and opera companies. Today, Sir Mark challenges you to conduct along with Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale, and plays a passage from a Rossini opera that he thinks could be the starting point for a whole new Olympic discipline. He also recommends submitting to the emotional intensity of Wagner, and muses on the impact of listening to Mahler's Third Symphony live for the first time - hearing the delicate lines of the orchestra evaporating at the end of the second movement like blowing on a dandelion'. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Sir Mark Elder opens up a selection of classical music from a conductor's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Conductor Suzi Digby With A Fanfare, A Fortepiano And Boogie-woogie | 20231028 | Conductor Suzi Digby is Founder and Artistic Director of ORA Singers and Visiting Professor of Choral Studies at the University of Southern California. There's plenty of choral music in her programme today, including a recently commissioned Magnificat by Julian Anderson, a piece by Caroline Shaw that uses the voice in unexpected ways, and a 40-part motet by James MacMillan designed to be a companion to Tallis's Spem in Alium. Away from multiple voices, Suzi highlights Mozart and Beethoven's final piano sonatas, Ella Fitzgerald's technically brilliant scatting, and a glittering fanfare by Peter Boyer. She also enjoys some of John Cage's music for prepared piano and the energy of Mendelssohn's Octet for strings. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear conductor Suzi Digby open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Conductor Suzi Digby reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a cello duet by Jean Barrière to Haydn's Creation. | |
| Conductor Vasily Petrenko Finds Space And Time In Music | 20210612 | Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director designate of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, chooses a wide selection of music, including Russia's most played overture, a deeply touching interpretation of Shelley's The Sunset' and a technically ambitious piano piece by Franz Liszt, in the hands of Sviatoslav Richter. Vasily also talks about his early experiences as a singer - in both the Russian Orthodox Church and close harmony groups - and describes how to get Beethoven's fifth symphony off to a good start (without mishaps). A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Svetlana Tarlova Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Cor Anglais Player Sue B\u00f6hling With Music Beyond The Bar Lines | 20220611 | Sue B怀hling is the principal cor anglais player at the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Today, Sue gives an insight into what it's like to play on some very famous film soundtracks, finds perfection in the beautiful voice of V退ronique Gens and reveals a piece by the Baroque composer Jan Dismas Zelenka which, as a wind player, is almost impossible to play. Plus, some James Brown to lift any moo | |
| Countertenor Michael Harper With A Musical Traffic Jam And A Dance Of The Dead | 20240113 | Countertenor Michael Harper is Principal Vocal Study Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music. He kicks his musical selection off with the reedy sound of the crumhorn, before sharing music by Nigerian composer Fela Sowande. There's also vocal music with Leontyne Price singing the Libera Me from Verdi's Requiem, art songs by Undine Smith Moore and Henri Duparc, and a choral miniature by Vicente Lusitano. Michael's other choices include movements with well known melodies from Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 and Brahms's Clarinet Quintet, composer Julia Perry evoking the traffic in New York, and piano music by Rachmaninov that reminds him of birds in flight. Plus, Jimi Hendrix reimagined for string quartet. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Michael Harper reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from solo Bach to Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre. | |
| Crunchy Chords And Heavenly Harmonies With Organist Rachel Mahon | 20200328 | Organist and soon-to-be Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, Rachel Mahon blends together a selection of music with a sacred slant, including pieces by Olivier Messiaen, Louis Vierne and Frank Martin. The mood of reflection continues with a composer from over 800 years ago, Hildegard of Bingen, and with an ethereal recording of Caroline Shaw's Plan and Elevation by the Attacca Quartet. But don't get too comfy, because there are also pyrotechnics from Bach, some naughty rule-breaking from Domenico Scarlatti and a lively improvised dance played by the early music group Joglaresa. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Organist Rachel Mahon opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Deep Sounds With Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky | 20200502 | Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky explores the unique sound of the cimbalom, explains why Sibelius was a master orchestrator, and reveals a composer who really knows how to write for the violin. Plus, Alexander reminisces about his early experiences of music, from listening to The Beatles during family car journeys, to discovering Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and appreciating the musical skill of his Dad's progressive rock band, Autograph. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Double Bass Player Dominic Seldis With Venerable Venues And Bold Bass Lines | 20220312 | Principal double bass player in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Dominic Seldis explores music performed in extraordinary spaces, from the intimacy of the Sistine Chapel to stadiums seating tens of thousands of people, and the legendary London Palladium. From his studio in Amsterdam, Dominic muses on the magic of a conductor's baton, admires a children's tune given a dark twist by Mahler, and marvels at James Jamerson's one-fingered bass playing. Plus, Dominic reminisces on his favourite musical theatre experiences, and even tests listeners with a memory challeng | |
| Double Bass Player Malachy Robinson Cooks Up A Musical Storm | 20230527 | Malachy Robinson is not only principal double bass with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, but also a chamber musician and a viola da gamba player. Today he revisits his days as a choirboy with an anthem by Charles Wood and thinks about how beauty of tone can often be less important than the words being sung. Malachy shares an arrangement he made of a sonata for cello and piano by his grandfather, Joseph Groocock, reworked for the double bass. And he compares Ravel's skill with orchestration to the way chefs mix flavours and textures. Plus, top tips on how to arrange music for violin, accordion and double bass. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear Malachy Robinson open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Euphonium Player Steven Mead With Musical Majesty And Virtuosic Brass | 20240224 | Steven Mead is a euphonium player in brass bands and orchestras across the world, as well as a soloist and teacher. Today, he shares some recordings which celebrate the wonderful world of brass music. From Vladimir Cosma's Euphonium Concerto which was informed by Steven's own playing, to trumpeter Wynton Marsalis's seemingly endless breath, Richard Strauss's 'brass-tastic' Festive Music for the City of Vienna, and a low brass ensemble which is pushed to its limits - Steven also explains why the story of pianist Vladimir Horowitz returning from a performing hiatus of 12 years left him awestruck, and reveals one of his biggest vocal inspirations: Freddy Mercury. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear euphonium player Steven Mead open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Euphonium player Steven Mead reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a magnificent and little-heard piece by Richard Strauss, to a tango by Piazzolla. | |
| Expand Your Musical Horizons With Viola Player Nadia Sirota | 20190105 | Nadia Sirota is a viola player who specialises in contemporary classical music, so in this episode of Inside Music, Nadia's wide listening tastes mean Mozart, Bach and Brahms sit happily alongside Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw and Luciano Berio. Nadia also talks about how the music of Igor Stravinsky influenced American singer-songwriter Sam Amidon, reveals some unusual lyrics to accompany Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique and discusses how multi-tracking her viola with a viola da gamba produces beautiful and crystalline consort music. At 2 o'clock Nadia chooses a piece of music she describes as being from another planet. `The first time I heard it my jaw was on the floor,` she says. See where yours ends up when you hear this Must Listen moment. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Experience Some Deep Listening With Conductor Gabriella Teychenne | 20190525 | Gabriella Teychenn退 shares her curiosity as to how music has the power to communicate by playing Russian ballet music by Prokofiev, a Stomp by Duke Ellington, and Paavo Jarvi's take on a symphony by Schumann. And through a song about some metaphorical burning hot coals, she explores harmony and colour in the music of Tchaikovsky. She also appreciates the importance of silence in a piano concerto by Beethoven, and finds otherworldly sounds conjured up by accordion, trombone and didgeridoo recorded underground. Gabriella's Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock is a beautifully crafted piece for choir and instruments that has a timeless significance. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Expression And Emotion Explored With Conductor Rumon Gamba | 20190914 | Conductor Rumon Gamba chooses expressive music ranging from the intimate and delicate to the terrifying and wild. He describes how the intense expression found in piano music by Arnold Schoenberg fascinated him as a child, explains how the music of J.S Bach works particularly well on the nyckelharpa and discusses the unique way that Eddi Reader tells stories through song. At 2pm for his Must Listen piece, Rumon selects music by a composer who was one of the most revered orchestrators of the 20th century, as well as being a pretty handy conductor himself. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Rumon Gamba opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Exquisite Colour And Sumptuous Sounds With Violinist Tasmin Little | 20190907 | Violinist Tasmin Little has spent her rich and varied performing life not only in the major concert halls of the world but also as a force behind valuable community projects. She brings her wealth of musical experience to Inside Music and plays pieces ranging from the baroque drama of JS Bach's Mass in B minor to the impressionist inflections of The White Peacock by American composer Charles Griffes. Tasmin also discovers a choral piece that's really an organ concerto and finds a harpsichord far from its usual early music surroundings in a concerto by Swiss composer Frank Martin. And Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett inspire her to think about what exactly makes a blue note. At two o'clock Tasmin's Must Listen piece showcases expert writing for violin and orchestra in an outpouring of lyrical virtuosity and delicacy. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Fiddle Singer And Composer Nancy Kerr With Creative Connections | 20200307 | 20201121 (R3) | Nancy Kerr is a multi-award-winning fiddle singer and songwriter. As a musician, she brings her own individual take to traditional folk material and as a writer she combines folk mythology with tales of 21st century life. Today, Nancy chooses pieces that highlight the lines of connection between some wildly different musical styles, including Bartok dances played first by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and then the Romani group Taraf De Hadouks. There's also Gaelic music inspired by masters of the Italian baroque, and a song by Vaughan Williams that goes back to its earthy roots. Plus romantic pieces for violin and piano by Dvorak, an orchestral favourite by Gustav Holst and some brain-taxing miniatures by JS Bach. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Find Fresh Meaning In Music With Singer Allan Clayton | 20190302 | Singer Allan Clayton delves into the evocative sound world of Benjamin Britten, reminisces about the spine tingling feeling of singing in close harmony, and shares what he believes is a perfect performance by Fritz Wunderlich in Mozart's Magic Flute. He also includes energetic music by an adventurous French composer Charles Tessier, in which Tessier uses nonsense Turkish', probably as a result of a trip he took to Istanbul in the late 1500s. At 2pm Allan reveals his Must Listen piece, taking us into the violent world of the 17th-century execution of a Scottish witch. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Flamboyant Soloists And Wonderful Wind Instruments With Cor Anglais Player Alison Teale | 20190824 | The BBC Symphony Orchestra's cor anglais player Alison Teale takes us inside a vibrant range of classical music choices. She reveals how a mutant wind instrument inspired a composer from Northern Europe, draws parallels between chamber music and contact sports, unveils a performer who astonished her with his red socks and tells the heartwarming story of Ji?퀀 B?lohlကvek's final concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. At 2pm Alison introduces us to her Must Listen piece: an operatic finale which puts her through the emotional wringer every time she hears it. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Cor anglais player Alison Teale opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Flautist Claire Wickes With Music From Mozart To The Sound Of A Rolling Marble | 20230204 | Claire Wickes is Principal Flute of the English National Opera Orchestra, which she claims is the best orchestral seat in the house, and several of her choices are inspired by what she hears from that particular seat. Claire explores instrumentalists imitating singers and vice versa, enjoys a cello concerto that is written in a way you might not expect, and advocates visiting a snowy Estonian forest to understand the music of Arvo P䀀rt. The flute makes several appearances, with C. P. E. Bach's impressive use of the flute's different registers, and Mozart's exquisite lines for winds in his Piano Concerto No. 24. Plus, the sounds of the electronic kannel and a marble rolling along a tabl | |
| Flute Player Emily Beynon Investigates Sounds From Raw To Magical | 20210424 | 20210522 (R3) | Principal flute of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Emily Beynon introduces a wide-ranging selection of music from her apartment in central Amsterdam. Emily discovers the magical effect produced by four ondes martenots playing music by Ravel and finds the composer Raymond Scott not only adding energy to some famous cartoon antics, but also soothing babies to sleep. She also realises that when she listens to Bach's most famous piece for organ, she hears the instrument as a whole lot of flutes playing together. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Eduardus Lee Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Flute Player Katy Bircher With Musical Transcendence | 20220806 | Katy Bircher is a flute player who specialises in historical instruments. She plays with ensembles such as the Dunedin Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Gabrieli Consort and Players and La Serenissima. Today, Katy explains why she fell in love with the world of early French music, and reveals the wondrous possibilities of the clavichord in the hands of Carole Cerasi. She also muses on her love of the mellow tones of the viola, and plays a lullaby that shows what intimate music making is all about. Plus, a piece which is, according to Katy, completely perfec | |
| Free Thinking Festival, Horn Player Katy Woolley With Music That Works On Our Emotions | 20190330 | Horn player Katy Woolley has recently been appointed as the new Principal Horn of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Today she takes time out from performing in orchestras all over the world to come to Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival at Sage Gateshead where she both chooses and gives her unique insights into a wide range of music. She's especially interested in what different composers do to make us experience emotion as we listen, and discovers that simplicity is often the key to a truly moving performance. Katy's choices include orchestral thrills by Shostakovich and Brahms, suspended delight in a concerto by Ravel, an angry outburst by Vivaldi and Scandinavian voices imitating sounds of nature. And you can be sure that French horns will feature at some point during the two hours. Around 2pm Katy plays her Must Listen piece - one whose energy and intensity never fails to move her. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| From Dowland To Disney With Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas | 20200627 | From her study in Sussex, soprano Elin Manahan Thomas sets up a playlist that's full of the joy of making music. She reveals the many characters she's played in Purcell's Fairy Queen, from a nurse and a princess to a tree, and finds a connection between Dwayne The Rock' Johnson singing in the movie Moana with running a choir at her children's school. Elin also chooses music by Mendelssohn that transports us to a far-off landscape, a cantata by Karl Jenkins commemorating the Aberfan tragedy of 1966 and an intense choral masterpiece by James Macmillan. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Get Inside Jacob Collier's Musical Mind | 20181229 | 20191026 (R3) | Jacob Collier is a musical phenomenon. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, arranger, composer and producer, Jacob has been wowing the world with his breathtaking understanding of music and his amazing abilities on many different instruments. In this edition of Inside Music, Jacob, who is still only 25 years old, introduces a wide array of music including pieces he performed as a solo treble with the English National Opera as well as a track from his album, DJESSE (Vol 1.) The breadth of Jacob's musical imagination leads him to some of the classical greats including Bach, Debussy and Schumann, as well as folk song from Bulgaria and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau's take on a Lennon and McCartney classic. And at 2 o'clock Jacob delves into the archives of the British Library to reveal his Must Listen piece performed by his grandfather, the violinist Derek Collier. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 The multi-talented multi-instrumentalist takes us inside some of his favourite music. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Guitarist Milos On Musical Journeys And Heavenly Voices | 20210515 | Classical guitarist Milo takes us right back to the beginning of his musical journey with the first piece of guitar music he ever heard, before highlighting the immense energy of conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the technical skill and precision of violinist Hilary Hahn and the flawless arranging prowess of harpist Lavinia Meijer. He also explains how to make the guitar sing, with the help of some of his favourite vocalists. Plus, a new guitar concerto by Joby Talbot allows Milo to play at full tilt with an orchestr | |
| Guitarist Sean Shibe With Dance Music, Drones And A Reconstructed Dresden Manuscript | 20200704 | Guitarist Sean Shibe takes lockdown recording to new heights as he builds a studio underneath a fortepiano (that's correct) and lines up a playlist that features drones, dance music and a reconstructed Dresden manuscript. The guitar makes an appearance with pieces by Bach, William Walton and Johann Kaspar Mertz, as well as some comforting music for the guitar's cousin, the lute. Plus, Smetana's Ma Vlast transports Sean back to his teenage bedroom floor, and he reveals a weakness for banger' arias, pointing out that there is more than football to Puccini's famous aria Nessun Dorma. And if you fancy a rave, there's a track by the multi-talented piper, violinist, composer and producer, Martyn Bennett. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Guitarist Sean Shibe opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Harpist Lavinia Meijer Reflects On Life's Musical Connections | 20210911 | Harpist Lavinia Meijer uncovers the important role the harp once had in tango music, finds composer Brad Meldau in the kitchen and follows Johann Strauss's journey down the Danube. She also discovers that you can never assume how Beethoven will sound, and plays some mesmeric music by Philip Glass. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Harpist Rachel Masters With Music That Touches The Soul | 20230107 | Rachel Masters is the principal harpist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and today on Inside Music she reveals her passion for good orchestration - from Tchaikovsky's ability to transform the simplest melody into something magnificent, to Henri Dutilleux's capacity to make every single note matter. Rachel also revels in the dreamy brass sounds of Toru Takemitsu's Night Signal, is transported to another world by John Williams, and finds herself feeling jealous that she can't transfer the smooth chord progressions of the guitar onto the harp. Plus, a brief history of the harp: from an instrument stretching back centuries, to the concert harp that Rachel plays every da | |
| Harpsichordist And Conductor Laurence Cummings With Music That Defies Expectations | 20220716 | Harpsichordist and conductor Laurence Cummings records his edition of Inside Music from beneath the stage at Garsington Opera, while the set for that evening's performance is being assembled above him. Laurence's selection of music includes pieces with repetitive yet entrancing bass lines, a scherzo which doesn't quite do what you think it will, and a forgotten arrangement unearthed in the British Library. There's also a piece for organ which has so many notes that it requires the player to press one with their nose, and an attempt to persuade a boatman to let you cross the river to the underworld using various musical style | |
| Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani With Music From Medieval Europe To Downtown New York | 20201128 | 20210220 (R3) 20220205 (R3) | Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani embarks on a musical travelogue including pieces from Iran, Romania and America. Mahan reveals recordings that made him re-evaluate his feelings towards Brahms and Handel, is thrilled by the musicianship of Maria Callas and happily goes on record to say that pianists should not feel guilty about playing Bach on the piano. Providing they play well... The harpsichord makes an appearance in the hands of one of the greatest players of the 20th century, Ralph Kirkpatrick, and Mahan is inspired by a new recording by a young Iranian pianist that allows him to hear music by Schoenberg in a whole new way. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Hear How Instruments Sing, With Cellist Matthew Barley | 20180505 | 20181208 (R3) | Matthew Barley puts down his cello for a couple of hours and wonders just how Stravinsky brings a Russian character to his ballet Petrushka. He also analyses the mind-boggling technique of a classically trained Cuban jazz pianist, and compares the way a singer has to control their instrument that is their voice - in much the same way as a cellist does. Matthew finds a new way to listen to Barber's famous Adagio and introduces us to an endearing little piano piece by John Cage. At 2 o'clock Matthew introduces his Must Listen piece - a rarely performed, beautiful work in a recording in which, according to Matthew, cellist Yo Yo Ma plays 'at his very best'. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. A leading musician opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Horn Player Alec Frank-gemmill On Musical Rediscovery | 20191005 | 20200822 (R3) | Horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2014 to 2016, was the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's principal horn player for a decade and has been principal horn of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since last year. Today, Alec takes us on a musical journey, from a dramatic musical experience at the Teatro Col n in Buenos Aires, to the recent rediscovery of a piece of French chamber music. He also finds Prokofiev's Dance of the Mandolins to be beautiful yet disturbing, and reveals how different types of guitar from Portugal and Spain perfectly complement each other in the music of Pedro Caldeira Cabral. Finding fun in music is essential for Alec, as you can hear in his choices, which also include The Real Group virtuosically singing Chilli Con Carne', and a 17th-century dance which he thinks is unrivalled in dance music today. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Horn Player Felix Klieser With Musical Reimaginings And Reconstructions | 20230708 | Horn player Felix Klieser is one of the stars of the BBC Proms 2023, and on Inside Music he'll be introducing some of the music he's performing at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as a fascinating playlist from around the world. Felix chooses a reconstruction based on the music of Anton Bruckner, a Handel aria reworked for the French horn, and vibrant pieces for wind ensemble by Gy怀rgy Ligeti and Francis Poulenc. We'll also pay a visit to Mexico with a recording by the project ensemble `The Impossible Orchestra` dreamed up by the conductor Alondra de la Parra, and Felix shares a famous song from Hong Kong performed by singer and actor Leslie Cheung. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Maike Helbig Hear horn player Felix Klieser open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Horn Player Katy Woolley With Music Of Energy And Tranquility | 20200801 | French horn player Katy Woolley has been having enforced time off from her job as principal horn of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. She's found herself in Sydney, Australia for the lockdown, but that hasn't stopped her experimenting with the powerful frequencies of the horn as she continues to practice in anticipation of returning to the concert platform. Today Katy's musical choices include a prelude for harpsichord that grows organically from its first, single, potent note, and a piece by Arvo P䀀rt that makes her think about time and how music allows us to share it. She also admires a pianist who makes fast notes meaningful as well as technically impressive, and discovers that in the hands of Tchaikovsky a waltz can still be a waltz, even if it has five beats in the bar rather than three. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Horn Player Naomi Atherton With A Carol, A Cornetto And A Car Journey | 20230128 | Horn player Naomi Atherton discovers music which has made her think about her instrument in a different way, from a piece by Schumann for cello and piano to an oboe concerto by Richard Strauss. There's also an ancient carol which was written just down the road from where she lives, plus a piece inspired by a noisy car journey featuring jangling keys and tapping on the dashboard. Naomi also explores the way she experiences music in textures and compares this to the colours seen by musicians with synesthesia. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear horn player Naomi Atherton open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Horn Player Sarah Willis Explores The Power Of Dance | 20210508 | From her home in Berlin, French horn player Sarah Willis listens to London Brass bringing 16th-century dances to life, hears the syncopated rhythms of jazz in a Beethoven string quartet and enjoys the ecstatic levels of club energy that composer Thomas Ades conjures up using a symphony orchestra. Sarah also highlights the painterly partnership of Claude Debussy and Vikingur Olafsson and wonders what the collective noun for a group of horn players might be... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Sebastian Haenel Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Innovative And Uplifting Music With Conductor Gabriella Teychenne | 20200425 | Conductor Gabriella Teychenn退 draws together a riveting collection of music spanning dreamy impressionism by Debussy and Ravel, a love duet by Monteverdi and startling sound worlds from Jonny Greenwood. Gabriella also introduces us to a composer who, despite writing over twenty symphonies, is rarely performed today - Mieczys?aw Weinberg. Plus we'll hear from his contemporary Dmitri Shostakovich, with a piece of music that might leave you feeling unsure whether to laugh or cry. And perhaps appropriately for these difficult days, Gabriella chooses a movement from Haydn's Missa in Angustiis (mass in troubled times) and finds that the music brims with determination and optimism. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Gabriella Teychenne opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Inspiring Musical Characters Revealed, By Flautist Juliette Bausor | 20191130 | After a flying start as a multi-competition winner, Juliette Bausor went on to become principal flute of the London Mozart Players and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, before taking up the first flute job in the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also a member of the group Ensemble 360 and regularly performs as a soloist with orchestras all over the world. Juliette's choice of music today includes an ahead-of-its-time baroque battle scene, a moving miniature played by cellist Jacqueline du Pr退 and Keith Jarrett's unique take on Over the rainbow. She also focuses on the importance of musical partnerships with a Brahms sonata played by two close friends. And how does conductor Vladimir Jurowski get a whole orchestra to adopt a tone of grim energy in Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony? At two o'clock Juliette's Must Listen piece features a heart-melting trio of voices supported by Romantic orchestral writing at its finest. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Intensely Expressive Music With Pianist Jonathan Biss | 20200125 | Pianist Jonathan Biss lines up an intensely expressive selection of choices, beginning with thoughts on the parallels between Schubert and Schumann - their poetic way of writing and their ability to convey human loneliness. There are also dramatic and moving arias from Bach and Verdi, and a delicate, yet powerful piece, by a composer who Jonathan feels is often unfairly maligned, Arnold Schoenberg. Jonathan is also struck by how lyrics can add another potent layer to music, and chooses tracks by Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell to demonstrate this. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Pianist Jonathan Biss opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Intimate Music-making With Cellist Andrew Yee | 20200404 | Andrew Yee is the cellist from the Grammy award-winning Attacca Quartet and in this show he gathers up a selection of pieces that are centred around the intimate side of music-making. There's a viol consort playing Orlando Gibbons, emotional pianism from Claude Frank, luscious textures from Bernard Hermann and delicate word painting for male chorus by Franz Schubert. Andrew also talks about the powerful effect song has on him - from Richard Strauss causing him to be issued with a speeding ticket, to the lyrical confusion he experiences when listening to singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. Plus revelations about working with the composer Caroline Shaw and how the Attacca Quartet's approach to music-making is often focused on singing rather than playing their instruments. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Cellist Andrew Yee opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Invention And Exploration On Early Music Day With Violinist Rachel Podger | 20200321 | Today many radio stations across Europe are celebrating a European Day of Early Music. So to mark that here on Radio 3, we've asked the Ambassador for the day, Rachel Podger, to host Inside Music. Rachel will be spending a couple of hours getting inside a wide selection of pieces that make her life as a performer of (and listener to) early music so rewarding. Rachel remembers the effect of singing the Sanctus from JS Bach's Mass in B minor as a teenager and how it fostered a lifelong fascination for the composer. She also tries to work out why Handel's tunes are so memorable, and finds a keyboard fantasy by Mozart that seems to break all the classical rules. Plus a jazz pianist who brought a new slant to baroque-rooted music by Shostakovich and the thrill of improvising on a melody that's nearly 500 years old. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Inventive, Quirky And Joyous Music With Bass Player Cecelia Bruggemeyer | 20200509 | Double bass player Cecelia Bruggemeyer specialises in playing early music, but in this week's edition of Inside Music, her choices range much further forward in time. How does William Walton's music illustrate the text in Belshazzar's Feast? What makes Britten's writing for the bassoon so extraordinary? And how does John Adams create trumpet `surround sound`? There are also some irresistible, toe-tapping dances from one of the baroque period's most innovative composers, Jean-F退ry Rebel, energetic rhythms and catchy tunes from Bartok's Dance Suite, and overwhelming sounds from Messiaen that remind Cecelia of a Mark Rothko painting. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Bass player Cecelia Bruggemeyer opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Jazz Pianist And Composer Tom Donald With Some Musical Mischief | 20220618 | Pianist and composer Tom Donald takes us on a journey inside a range of music choices - revealing his insights into both familiar and unfamiliar works, and discovers C-major hugs, and desert landscape semitones along the way. Plus a composer whose music can give you hay fever, how to start playing jazz piano, and a musician who squeezes all of the juice from the orange! A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Hear Tom Donald open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Liquid Sounds (and A Marvellous Party) With Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo | 20190720 | Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo takes us on a wild musical ride. There's passion and adventure from J.S Bach and one of his sons C.P.E Bach; harmonic twists and turns from Handel and Philip Glass; Puccini sung by Della Reese and absorbing soundworlds from Kaija Saariaho and Gregory Spears. At 2pm Anthony lines up his highly unusual Must Listen piece. It's a chance to step into the rehearsal room and eavesdrop on one of the twentieth century's greatest operatic stars as she conducts a masterclass in New York in the early 1970s. It's also a chance to hear part of the aria `Cortigiani Vil Razza' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto, sung by a soprano. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Looping Through Time With Composer And Producer Gabriel Prokofiev | 20200208 | As a composer and producer who straddles the ever-merging worlds of classical and contemporary music, Gabriel Prokofiev brings a fresh perspective on composers who have influenced him - from his grandfather, Sergei Prokofiev, to Barbara Strozzi. Gabriel's choice of music today includes a piece by Ravel which is decorated by some spicy' Baroque trills, the mechanical and pulsing soundscape of Xenakis, and a piece by Schnittke which has a fragile sense of beauty. He also plays a piece by Henry Cowell which you could mistake for modern dance music, with its loops and hypnotic repetition, until you realise it was written in the 1930s. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Lute Player Elizabeth Kenny Explores Timeless Music | 20200111 | 20201107 (R3) | As one of the world's leading lute and theorbo players, Elizabeth Kenny brings old musical manuscripts to sparkling life both as a soloist and in ensembles like Phantasm and her own Theatre of the Ayre. Liz's choice of music today includes a symphony by Mahler that's at the opposite end of the musical scale from the sound of a solo lute, a ragtime number that has some Verdi buried at its heart, and a wild seascape in music painted by Ethel Smyth. She also plays a set of variations that reveal pianist Friedrich Gulda's very personal take on a song by The Doors. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Lute Player Elizabeth Kenny With Strings Plucked, Bowed And Strummed | 20220305 | Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny returns to Inside Music with a selection of musical surprises. She explores two plucked improvisations - one by Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate and another by Renaissance composer Hieronymus Kapsberger, champions the versatility of the ukulele, and is reacquainted with a track that takes the guitar into apocalyptic territory. Liz also shares a recording that finds tragedy in the bowing of a violin, and a string quartet that seems to sit between two worlds. Plus, Liz celebrates musical storytelling, from a cantata lifting souls to the stars, to Stephen Sondheim's use of a pit orchestra. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear lute player Elizabeth Kenny open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Lyrical Storytelling With Singer Natalya Romaniw | 20200523 | Natalya Romaniw is an award-winning soprano who has taken to the stage with the English National Opera, Garsington Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, and more. Today, from the comfort of her living room, Natalya finds nostalgia in a Welsh male choir that reminds her of home, muses on the power of Mozart's Requiem to represent a sob, and discovers the gritty but beautiful sound of the viola da gamba played by Vittorio Ghielmi. She also reveals why Judy Garland's voice was so unique and discovers an unusual Overture by Tchaikovsky that unveils a tale through its orchestration. Plus, a Ukrainian dance that will get you spinning around your own living room. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Magnetic Melodies With Conductor Andrew Gourlay | 20190706 | Conductor Andrew Gourlay introduces music that ignited his imagination as a trombonist in his county youth orchestra, speculates that perhaps the rhythmic drive of Stravinsky is what keeps his music sounding so modern, and fires up some Latin grooves with Eddie Palmieri and Tito Puente. At 2pm Andrew introduces his `sublime` Must Listen piece: a rarely heard work which Andrew hears as a total outpouring of emotion by an Englishman often thought of as quite reserved. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Conductor Andrew Gourlay opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Mandolinist Chris Thile Travels From Bach To Bluegrass | 20220226 | Mandolinist, singer and composer Chris Thile, known for his genre-defying approach, shares an insight into the eclectic sound worlds that inspire him. He finds delight in the technical prowess of Glenn Gould, is pulled in by the powerful tides of a Benjamin Britten opera, and explores the improvisational - and spiritual - musings of John Coltrane. In a celebration of folk music's many forms, Chris also shares a track from father of bluegrass' Bill Monroe, unpacks a visceral Bart k recording, and tunes in to the rich fiddle playing traditions of Scandinavia. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear mandolinist Chris Thile open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Mezzo Soprano Katherine Jenkins Finds Star Quality In Music | 20211023 | Known to millions, mezzo soprano Katherine Jenkins has forged a unique musical path, from headlining at international sporting events and for dignitaries around the world, to starring in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel at the London Coliseum. Bridging the worlds of classical and pop, the multi-award-winning singer has released no fewer than fourteen No. 1 Albums to date, and in July of this year became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. In today's Inside Music, Katherine brings a new perspective to celebrated favourites, whilst also uncovering the joys of less familiar works. She takes a peek into the choral sound world of Roxanna Panufnik, celebrates the vocal power and magnetism of Maria Callas, and enjoys the enduring allure of Joaqu퀀n Rodrigo's writing for guitar. Katherine also shares a favourite song from her native Wales. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston With Joyful Birds And Heartfelt Words | 20230225 | Today on Inside Music, mezzo-soprano and BBC New Generation Artist Helen Charlston finds music that surprises her - from a charmingly simple piece that's based on just six notes of the scale (but is far from boring), to a transcription of a Wagner opera that she thinks is just as powerful on the piano as it is with full orchestra. Helen also plays a recording by the ensemble The Hermes Experiment which breaks the musical fourth wall' and she urges you to close your eyes and follow the melodic baton that Bach passes round the musicians in his third Brandenburg Concerto. Plus, two singers who inspire Helen's own approach to music makin | |
| Mezzo-soprano Joyce Didonato With A Playlist Of New Year Cheer | 20210102 | Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato rings in the New Year with a spread of music guaranteed to lift your spirits as we embark on the journey that is 2021... If Joyce's music is anything to go by, it will be a good year! Powerful Latin grooves from Astor Piazzola and Camaron de la Isla, joyful Beethoven from Martha Argerich, Duke Ellington in the hands of the Swingle Singers and a foot-tapping dance from early music maestro Jordi Savall. Joyce also chooses choral music by Morten Lauridsen that was her gateway into music, heads east for a track by sitar player Ravi Shankar and soothes us with music written for babies. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Simon Pauly Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Multi-genre Musician Rhiannon Giddens Explores The Roots Of Classical And Folk Traditions | 20210925 | The Grammy Award-winning opera singer, bluegrass musician, actor and artistic director Rhiannon Giddens is impossible to pigeonhole. As a fiddler and banjo player, she founded the much-loved bluegrass band Carolina Chocolate Drops, she blends musical worlds as the new artistic director of the Silk Road Ensemble, has starred in the hit TV show Nashville and has used her Dublin-based lockdown as fuel for a new album. In today's Inside Music, Rhiannon celebrates excellence in American culture, from Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis performing Handel, to Steve Martin fusing banjo with orchestra and Ren退e Fleming singing a classical American aria by Carlisle Floyd. Rhiannon also explains why learning to sing entire Mozart symphonies is a great skill for any musician. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Rhiannon Giddens opens up a selection of music from her unique perspective Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Music From The Crazy To The Sublime Explored, By Conductor David Charles Abell | 20181124 | Conductor David Charles Abell dives into the revolutionary musical language of Leonard Bernstein, learns how to express emotion in Tchaikovsky with a little-known Soviet musician, and remembers how as a teenager he conducted Dvorak's 9th symphony - in his bedroom. He also describes what it's like playing the viola in the centre of Schubert's string quintet and analyses the musical charm of a song from The Beatles' Abbey Road album. At 2 o'clock David's Must Listen piece celebrates the life of someone who tragically drowned on holiday in Thailand, aged only 19. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Music From The Heart With Conductor Sofi Jeannin | 20190608 | Conductor Sofi Jeannin explores the sense of space created in a recording of Brahms' Trio for horn, violin, and piano, reveals her admiration for the voice of fado singer Amalia Rodrigues and jumps into the theatrical and dazzling sound world of Erik Satie. She also shares some of her favourite music that was written for children - from Vaughan Williams to a piece which provides the perfect family recipe for tiramisu. For her Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock, Sofi plays a recent live recording she's made with the BBC singers featuring beautiful yet heart wrenching music written during the Nazi occupation of France. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Music From Top To Bottom With Bass Player Cecelia Bruggemeyer | 20190427 | Cecelia Bruggemeyer is a double bass player and teacher who specialises in historically informed performance. In this edition of Inside Music her enthusiasm for a huge range of repertoire is clear. Cecelia's choices include a piece by Shostakovich that becomes a mini guide to orchestration', a sumptuous orchestral song by Hector Berlioz and the driving rhythms and ethereal sounds of a piece for prepared piano by John Cage. She also delves into the mysteries of the baroque continuo group (the 17th-century forerunner of a jazz rhythm section), the creative and colourful way that Telemann writes for a cornucopia of instruments, and what it's like to play a Beethoven bass line. Cecelia's Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock is a work that pre-dates Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt and John Cage by hundreds of years, but that sowed the seeds for many of their musical ideas. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Music Illuminated From Within, By Pianist Boris Giltburg | 20190406 | Pianist Boris Giltburg puts together a list of music with a distinctly Russian flavour: from lush melodies by Rimsky-Korsakov, witty and sparkling operetta from Shostakovich, and piano and choral works by a composer who Boris reveres above all others, Sergei Rachmaninov. Boris also takes us on a fascinating musical journey through the opening of a Bach cantata and is captivated by a song featuring the voice of Georgia', Hamlet Gonashvili, describing it as `full of harmonies and melodies that are entirely addictive`. At 2pm Boris winds the clock back to 1954 Moscow for his Must Listen choice: a dramatic live recording by Emil Gilels of music by a Russian composer who Boris feels is often overlooked. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Music Of Joy, Virtuosity And Defiance With Double Bass Player Leon Bosch | 20200104 | Double bass player Leon Bosch grew up in Cape Town in South Africa and in this programme, Leon introduces some of the music he discovered during this time with pieces by Josef Suk, Serge Koussevitzky and Fernando Sor. Leon also reflects on a piece of music that still makes the hairs stand up on the back of his neck 43 years after he found himself singing it with other prisoners in a South African jail. Plus a piece written by Leopold Kozeluch for a highly unlikely combination of instruments, and a recording that Leon discovered on the turntable of a vintage gramophone he found in a junk shop. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Double bass player Leon Bosch opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Musical Connections Made, By Film And Tv Composer Christian Henson | 20191207 | Christian Henson is a multi award-winning film and television composer with over 45 soundtracks to his name. He is also a prolific vlogger, with his instructive 'how to compose' videos amassing millions of online views. Today he chooses music that has over the course of his life, fed into his own musical voice and personality. There's an orchestral piece that both thrilled and terrified him, a piano miniature from the 1890s that he describes as starting a `beautiful revolution`, and an example of technology creating delicate beauty of sound. Christian's Must Listen piece around 2pm is a tiny gem in words and music by perhaps his most unique and influential teacher, the Scottish poet Ivor Cutler. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Musical Delights Unravelled With Recorder And Violin Player Charlotte Barbour-condini | 20190413 | Charlotte Barbour-Condini won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician in 2012 playing the recorder, and she is also an accomplished violinist. She remembers the inspirational pieces that sparked her enthusiasm for performing and demonstrates that the recorder is an instrument that can shine in both ancient and new music. As well as the recorder, highlights include a Scarlatti sonata played by pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, the sound of silence as it's incorporated into the music of Arvo P䀀rt, and a voice recorded over 100 years ago that can teach musicians how to interpret music now. At 2pm Charlotte brings us her Must Listen piece - a work for strings that communicates emotion in a seemingly effortless way. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Musical Honesty And Virtuosity With Oboist And Conductor Nicholas Daniel | 20200613 | 20210320 (R3) | Oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel plays music that has got under his skin over the years. He delights in astounding technical feats achieved by violinist Maxim Vengerov and flautist James Galway, and is captivated by the sense of truth and openness he picks up from pianist Radu Lupu playing a Schubert impromptu. He also finds James MacMillan using voices as if they were instruments and tells how a five-year-old girl directing a Balinese gamelan orchestra helped an eminent conductor understand a little more about his job. Plus Cleo Laine the coloratura...! A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Patrick Farrall-Daniel Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Musical Love Stories And Shimmering Strings With Pianist Lucy Parham | 20190629 | Lucy Parham guides us through a wide range of music from ballet scores to Brahms. She includes a song by Strauss that makes you catch your breath, and an underplayed work by C退sar Franck, which Lucy recorded at just 17 years old. She also explores pianists she admires: Bill Evans for his improvisation, Clara Schumann for her composition, and Pierre-Laurent Aimard for his brilliant technical skill. Plus, Lucy presents her passion for combining music and words with Mendelssohn and Joni Mitchell. At 2 o'clock Lucy's Must Listen piece is by a composer who tragically died in World War One. It's a song that captures the pointlessness of war through interesting harmonies but also has a beauty and elegance. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Musical Springboards With Pianist And Composer Gwilym Simcock | 20200516 | Pianist and composer Gwilym Simcock demonstrates that music has no boundaries as he explores sounds ranging from suspended choral harmonies by Eric Whitacre and celestial spirals on the harp, to a rarely heard piano quartet by William Walton and three intriguing minutes from Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla. Plus two very different sides of JS Bach and an irresistible Russian waltz. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo: Gregor Hohenberg Pianist Gwilym Simcock opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Musical Teamwork With Countertenor Iestyn Davies | 20190831 | Countertenor Iestyn Davies selects music with teamwork at its heart. From recordings featuring Iestyn as a young boy treble, to the interplay between a string quartet and a jazz trio, how musicians really listen to and interact with each other is the focus of this programme. Iestyn also finds that learning technically difficult music means it stays with you forever and recalls the difficulties of someone tuning an archlute (all four feet of it) in the middle of a busy train carriage. And for his Must Listen piece, Iestyn chooses a composer who he feels is hugely under-appreciated in the UK. Find out who at 2pm. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Countertenor Iestyn Davies opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Oboist Titus Underwood Explores Musical Conflicts And Resolutions | 20210918 | 20221119 (R3) | Titus Underwood is the principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra in the USA and a member of the UK-based Chineke! He is also a filmmaker, a committed teacher and passionate advocate of black artists in the classical music world. In today's Inside Music, Titus's choices range from concertos by Samuel Coleridge Taylor and JS Bach to emotional miniatures by Florence Price and a dramatic recreation for piano of the first major battle of the American Civil War. Titus also explains the power that his first musical love, hip hop, has over him, with tracks by Kanye West and Outkast. This programme contains racially sensitive language. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear oboist Titus Underwood open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Oboist Uchenna Ngwe With Sounds Old And New | 20210605 | Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe is the founder of plainsightSOUND, a project that uncovers and promotes the work of black classical musicians. Today Uchenna chooses music by composers including Eleanor Alberga, Michael Mosoeu Moerane and Florence Price and reflects on why it is so important to perform and record music that has often been previously overlooked. Uchenna is also wowed by the breath control of Jessye Norman singing Strauss and the ability of Esperanza Spalding to accompany herself on the bass whilst singing. And the oboe itself gets a good workout in music by Tchaikovsky, Gordon Jacob, Saint-Saens and Albinoni. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Open Your Ears In A New Way With Conductor Simone Young | 20181110 | 20200215 (R3) | Conductor Simone Young describes how listening to JS Bach is like listening to jazz, uncovers beauty in the music of Schoenberg, and showcases the many skills of pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. Simone also plays music by Benjamin Britten, and reveals all sorts of things you never knew about the harp. At 2 o'clock Simone's Must Listen piece is a dramatic scene in which emotions and politics are blended to musical perfection. A series in which each episode a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Conductor Simone Young introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Organist And Conductor Anna Lapwood With Music That Sparkles | 20231223 | Anna Lapwood shares Christmas memories alongside some of her favourite festive music. There's technical agility and precision with a recording of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, and a fresh approach to ensemble playing with saxophonist Jess Gillam and friends playing Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. Anna also finds tracks which will give you that warm Christmassy feeling, including the Ayoub Sisters' A Christmas Fantasy, Anna's favourite version of Silent Night and a cheeky take on Tchaikovsky by Duke Ellington. Plus, two different Sleigh Rides will whisk you off to winter wonderland - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Charlotte Levy Hear Anna Lapwood open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Organist and conductor Anna Lapwood reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, easing us into Christmas with favourites from choral to jazz. | |
| Organist And Conductor Wayne Marshall On Parties And Practising | 20210417 | Organist and conductor Wayne Marshall begins today's programme with pieces inspired by southern Europe. There's a Portuguese organ, Respighi depicting Rome, piano music inspired by Bizet's Carmen, and Ravel revealing his Spanish voice. Wayne then explores several elements of performance which are important to him, including finding humour, taking risks, and not being afraid of playing a wrong note. Wayne also plays a recording of an organ he thinks is the best in the world. And he wonders how he would have discovered jazz, if his practising hadn't been interrupted by a party... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Edgar Brambis Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Oud Player Joseph Tawadros Finds Connections Across Continents | 20210123 | Oud player and composer Joseph Tawadros unveils another wide-ranging playlist as he returns to present Inside Music for a second time. Piano music by Scriabin and Rachmaninov features: Joseph is fascinated by these Russian masters' ability to create power and intensity, even in miniature pieces. And Tchaikovsky is there too - but unusually played on two guitars. There's also harmonised yodelling from Switzerland via a film soundtrack, and a song by the Egyptian singer Asmahan, who Joseph describes as sounding like a Middle Eastern Queen of the Night. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Percussionist Andy Barclay With A Stirring Playlist Of Great Music | 20240106 | Andy Barclay is the principal percussionist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and he's lined up a playlist that features some incredible writing for percussion by composers including Tchaikovsky, Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten and Arnold Schoenberg. Andy is also fascinated by much softer and meditative music by Perotin, Duruflé and Brahms, and reveals how he is brought to tears by Richard Strauss's opera Der Rosesnkavalier. Plus, joyful Bach for the new year. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Percussionist Andy Barclay reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from epic orchestral scores to a musical interpretation of the sound of glaciers calving. | |
| Percussionist Calum Huggan With A Playlist Of Groove And Grace | 20220910 | Percussionist Calum Huggan creates a playlist that takes in music from around the world. A melody by renaissance composer John Dowland is reworked for the marimba by Japanese composer Keiko Abe, Ayanna Witter-Johnson arranges the famous Police track Roxanne, Anoushka Shankar and Manu Delago create a transportive soundscape for sitar and handpan and there's an energetic fusion of cello and overtone singing courtesy of Abel Selaocoe. Calum also chooses a selection of colourful orchestral works by composers including Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Debussy, Vivaldi and Arnold Bax. Plus, find out how sandpaper blocks are used to create a meditative groov | |
| Percussionist Colin Currie Returns With Past And Future Sounds | 20210807 | Percussionist Colin Currie returns to the Inside Music studio with another varied selection including a heartbreaking take on the Orpheus myth, visionary music by Claudio Monteverdi and a piece of French chamber music that takes Colin back to evenings at his student flat. Plus a track by the band Radiohead that inspired a new piece by composer Steve Reich. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Percussionist Louise Goodwin Finds Song In Rhythm | 20210717 | 20221126 (R3) | Louise Goodwin is Principal Timpani and percussionist with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has performed with ensembles ranging from the BBC Symphony Orchestra to Aurora Orchestra. Today, Louise explains how Bach's cello suites are so perfectly suited to the marimba, and why singing in a choir can set you up to tune a drum. She also finds similarities between pieces by Philip Glass and Indian classical music, and explains why using a smaller drum in a symphony by Mozart can be more satisfying than performing it on modern timpani. Plus, a piece by American composer Johanna Beyer that Louise would love to play one day... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear percussionist Louise Goodwin open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Percussionist Michael Doran On Collaboration And Car Horns | 20200919 | 20211113 (R3) | Mick Doran's many years as principal percussionist at English National Opera have given him a unique view of the musical world, whether he's down in the opera house orchestra pit, teetering offstage on a ladder, or quietly absorbing the music while counting bars rest. Today Mick's musical choices range from the crystal-clear diction of Dennis Noble singing Rossini in English, to the spot-on ensemble of Count Basie's big band. He also shows how Prokofiev understood the true power of the side drum, and talks about the profound effect Dvorak's Eighth Symphony had on him when he was being treated for a life-threatening illness. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Michael Doran opens up classical music from a percussionist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Pianist And Composer Bill Laurance With Inspiring Improvisation And Amazing Arrangements | 20230304 | 20231111 (R3) | Bill Laurance is a pianist, composer and original member of the fusion band Snarky Puppy. His choices in this programme draw on his classical and jazz roots, including a Duke Ellington arrangement that Bill believes is an excellent blend of those two genres. Bill shares a song whose harmony prevents it from sounding too sweet, a piece by Ravel that elegantly captures the fluidity of water, and a choir who are rhythmically free yet perfectly together. Plus, he goes back to his university days to revisit his experiences conducting Ernest Moeran's Sinfonietta - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear Bill Laurance open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Bill Laurance reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a track that inspired him to learn how to improvise and the magical sound of a humming choir. |
| Pianist And Conductor Lars Vogt On A Search For Truth In Music | 20190112 | 20190817 (R3) | Lars Vogt reveals how the combination of Josef Haydn and conductor Sir Roger Norrington is a perfect and witty match, and is amazed by the intimacy brought to the music of J.S. Bach by his friend, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff. Lars also plays a barn-storming track by jazz pianist Art Tatum and describes how the spirit of his former piano teacher Karl-Heinz K䀀mmerling guides him as he plays. At 2pm Lars brings us his Must Listen piece, going back 80 years to hear how fast (or slow) Dvorak really wanted his music to be. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Pianist And Musicologist Samantha Ege With Spirituals, Seasons, And Strong Women | 20221217 | Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege explores music from Bach to Beyonc退, incorporating spirituals, sisterhood, and the seasons along the way. Samantha admires Vladimir Horowitz's lyricism and especially his use of dynamics when he's performing Scarlatti sonatas on a modern piano, and finds the electric energy of string music by Gra?yna Bacewicz reminds her of heavy metal music. She also finds surprising connections between two piano pieces separated by a few hundred years, and deconstructs an arrangement of a song by Beyonc退. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear pianist Samantha Ege open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Anna Tilbrook Unlocks Music Behind Emotion | 20210116 | Today, Anna explains why a pianist's touch' is so important, and how you can make practising scales a lot more interesting. She also marvels at John Williams's ability to compose so many memorable and moving melodies for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' (and what it's like to play the | |
| Pianist Clare Hammond With Musical Rediscoveries And Vibrant Virtuosity | 20230325 | Today on Inside Music, pianist Clare Hammond introduces different examples of how music isn't always easy to engage with - from her gradual understanding of Grace Williams's writing style, to prisoners' reactions to a concert she gave. Clare also plays music by composers who have only recently been celebrated, from Dorween Carwithen's witty opera The Sofa, to H退l耀ne de Montgeroult whose music Clare thinks reveals our limited view of the Classical and Romantic styles. Plus, a piece for piano that is fun to listen to but extremely difficult to pla | |
| Pianist Elisabeth Brauss With Magical Motifs And Perfect Phrasing | 20240302 | Pianist Elisabeth Brauss explores a wide range of music including a favourite song of hers expertly accompanied by Benjamin Britten, a string quartet whose composer has decorated the score with unusual words and markings, and an orchestral sonic adventure by Bernd Alois Zimmermann. She also shares one of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos in a fresh and exciting rendition, and a song that reminds her of her childhood. Plus, an operatic overture phrased in a way you've never heard before - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Elisabeth Brauss reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a rarely performed piece for piano by Brahms to a heartfelt operatic quartet by Mozart. | |
| Pianist Emma Abbate On The Beauty Of Teamwork | 20230603 | Today on Inside Music, pianist Emma Abbate looks at music from fresh angles: Brahms's Clarinet Trio reveals his tender and lyrical style, a piano concerto by Nino Rota celebrates his output beyond film music, and a song by Ildebrando Pizzetti shows that there is a lot more to Italian music than the operatic stereotype. Emma also admires Handel's deep understanding of the psychological turmoil of the character Alcina, and Caroline Shaw's hypnotising string quartet Entr'acte' draws her in with a repeated motif. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear pianist Emma Abbate open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Emmanuel Despax With A Sweetly Intense Musical Offering | 20210710 | Pianist Emmanuel Despax is a fan of music with a big emotional pull. From Sibelius's soaring Violin Concerto to the terror of Ligeti's Requiem, Emmanuel's playlist explores pieces that provoke a strong emotional reaction. He also finds music to delight: Fran瀀ois Couperin brings an eel to life on the harpsichord, Japanese pianist Hiromi dazzles in a Gershwin improvisation and the Beatles beam in some sunshine. Plus Emmanuel wonders what truly makes a musical geniu | |
| Pianist James Baillieu With Melodies That Touch The Heart | 20240127 | James Baillieu is a song and chamber music pianist, and a senior professor at the Royal Academy of Music. His choices today include some of the voices and pianists who made him fall in love with art song, such as the golden voice of soprano Mimi Coertse and the sensitive playing of pianist Gerald Moore. James shares several pieces from South Africa, where he grew up, one of which features the sound of the uhadi, a instrument fashioned from the dehydrated skin of a calabash gourd. He also gives insights into the difficulties of yodelling, how to imitate an orchestra on the piano, and what makes a piece sound tropical. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. James Baillieu reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a Mozart string quartet to a spectacular saxophone showcase. | |
| Pianist Jean-efflam Bavouzet With Musical Mystery And Perfection | 20220423 | 20230805 (R3) | Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet reveals pianists who have inspired him, from Dmitry Shishkin to Sviatoslav Richter and Zoltan Kocsis, and remembers how conductor Georg Solti encouraged him to combine in time' playing with freedom of expression. He also finds the positive side of internet rabbit holes in his discovery of new young musicians to work with, and explains how the music of Beethoven is defined by rhythm rather than melody. Plus, a track which takes Jean-Efflam back to when he was a drummer in a fusion jazz band in the 80s... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega Hear pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Pianist Julius Drake On Perfection And Partnerships | 20210403 | Pianist Julius Drake explores how various pianists make the piano sing, with a selection of performers including Walter Gieseking, Sviatoslav Richter, Dinu Lipatti and Benjamin Britten. Julius's speciality is collaborative pianism, which he celebrates in music from duos and chamber groups whose partnerships have stood the test of time. Julius also investigates Tom Lehrer's exceptional ability to blend the tragic with the comic - and can you be persuaded to feel sorry for Alma Mahler? A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo by Marco Borggreve Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Kathryn Stott Serves Up Double Espressos And Drumming Soldiers | 20230923 | Pianist Kathryn Stott explores music drawn from corners of the world as remote as the pristine wilderness of Tasmania and the vast plains of Mongolia. There's also a piece that evokes the sounds of the night in Madrid with soldiers' drums and tolling bells, and another that reminds Kathryn of the theme tunes for Saturday night TV programmes. Several of her choices explore music with opposing characters, including a piece by Ernest Chausson whose calmness has a sad twist to it, a piece by Franz Schubert that appears to be in a major key but keeps returning to the darker minor, and Billie Holiday singing a song whose sad lyrics are at odds with its upbeat character. Plus, a piece written by a double bass player to push the limits of his technique. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Jacqui Ferry Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Keval Shah Reveals Layers Of Musical Time | 20200314 | 20201128 (R3) | Pianist Keval Shah compares the last movement of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony to a long distance train journey, finds Martha Argerich and Maurice Ravel painting watery sounds together, and describes how John Adams uses a huge symphony orchestra to conjure up the feeling of being suspended in space. Keval also shows how two tiny but vivid stories are brought to life by song composer Hugo Wolf and plays a four hundred year old piece that sounds as if it was written yesterday. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Pianist Keval Shah With Music That Caresses The Heart | 20220108 | Keval Shah returns to Inside Music with another clutch of musical treats, including a rhythmically incisive performance of a piano piece by Debussy, an insight into the fragmentary world of Jean Sibelius, and a dramatic sunrise with a twist. Plus a revelatory performance of a famous song by Robert Schumann that takes us to another continent. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Keval Shah opens up a selection of classical music from a pianist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Mariam Batsashvili Discovers Music From The Cosmic To The Intimate | 20190713 | Mariam Batsashvili is a young pianist who'll be walking on to the Royal Albert Hall stage next month to play Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms. Today her Inside Music choices range from love and sorrow expressed by Fritz Kreisler, to the most accessible side of Richard Wagner. Plus she uncovers the charming nature of the harpsichord as conjured up by Handel, and how love and friendship is a powerful ingredient in Verdi's opera Don Carlos. Mariam also explains how she imagines Vivaldi's Winter from his Four Seasons as a very old person who has rediscovered a childlike innocence, and finds the elderly Rossini paying gentle tribute to operetta composer Offenbach. At 2 o'clock Mariam's Must Listen work is a piece she recorded as part of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. This music, says Mariam, reveals its composer to be profoundly thoughtful, reflective, and above all, kind. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Nicholas Mccarthy Discovers Unsung Musical Heroes And Old Favourites | 20181117 | Pianist Nicholas McCarthy chooses glittering chamber music by Mendelssohn, a tricky waltz for piano played with effortless ease by Benjamin Grosvenor, and soprano Diana Damrau hitting high notes by Mozart's contemporary Salieri. Nicholas also talks about what makes a successful piece for piano left-hand and shows us just what he means with music by Korngold and Rachmaninov. At 2 o'clock Nicholas presents his Must Listen piece - a choral work that he sang when he was in music college and that immersed him in 360 degrees of beautiful and uplifting harmonies. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Pianist Nicholas McCarthy introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Stephen Hough With A Playlist Of Fireworks And Finesse | 20230211 | 20240330 (R3) | Pianist Stephen Hough introduces some of the piano music and the pianists who have been a source of inspiration to him over the years. Artur Schnabel plays Beethoven, Alfred Cortot performs Chopin and Josef Lhévinne offers what Stephen calls “one of the greatest tracks of piano music ever recorded ?, with a remarkable 1928 recording of Josef Strauss II's Blue Danube Waltz. Stephen also selects a movement from Michael Tippett's Piano Concerto, and a couple of his own recordings of music by Cécile Chaminade and John Corigliano. There's choral music from Thomas Tallis, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar, as well as fiery intensity from the cellist Daniil Shafran and a turbocharged excerpt from Richard Strauss's opera Salome. Plus, a celebration of the joint creative talents of Shirley Bassey and Nelson Riddle in the music of Irving Berlin. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke Hear pianist Stephen Hough open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Pianist Stephen Hough reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including dances from Richard Strauss and Irving Berlin and a dazzling Blue Danube from 1928. |
| Pianist Stephen Hough With A Playlist Of Fireworks And Finesse | 20230211 | Pianist Stephen Hough introduces some of the piano music and the pianists who have been a source of inspiration to him over the years. Artur Schnabel plays Beethoven, Alfred Cortot performs Chopin and Josef Lh退vinne offers what Stephen calls `one of the greatest tracks of piano music ever recorded`, with a remarkable 1928 recording of Josef Strauss II's Blue Danube Waltz. Stephen also selects a movement from Michael Tippett's Piano Concerto, and a couple of his own recordings of music by C退cile Chaminade and John Corigliano. There's choral music from Thomas Tallis, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar, as well as fiery intensity from the cellist Daniil Shafran and a turbocharged excerpt from Richard Strauss's opera Salome. Plus, a celebration of the joint creative talents of Shirley Bassey and Nelson Riddle in the music of Irving Berlin. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke Hear pianist Stephen Hough open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist Stewart Goodyear With Irresistible Rhythms And A Tasty Stew | 20191123 | Pianist Stewart Goodyear introduces music featuring irresistible rhythms and the catchiest melodies, including Koji Kondo's Super Mario Bros.' theme tun | |
| Pianist Tom Poster On Fresh Approaches To Listening | 20221105 | Pianist Tom Poster rediscovers music from childhood, from the moreish sound of rackets (AKA sausage bassoons), to the only fugue Tom actually likes to listen to, in Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Tom also explains that Faur钀s music seems like it never really begins or ends, we just step into his sound world, and Tom also plays a track from his Kaleidoscope ensemble that features a fiendishly difficult piano part. Plus, vocal treats ranging from the smooth legato phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald, to the piercing heights of Cyndia Sieden, and the low resonant timbre of Paul Robeson. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Elena Urioste Hear pianist Tom Poster open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson With A Sublime Voyage To The Moon (and Back) | 20191221 | 20221231 (R3) | Pianist V퀀kingur Ӏlafsson takes us on a journey featuring earthly delights from Jean Sibelius, Joseph Haydn and B退la Bart k, and otherworldly musical beauty from Leos Janacek, Thomas Ad耀s and Edmund Finnis. To start, V퀀kingur introduces a selection of tracks by the composer he refers to as the Alpha and Omega of music', JS Bach: choral intimacy and splendour from conductor John Eliot Gardiner, tragic beauty from pianist Edwin Fischer and a quirky take by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Plus V퀀kingur discusses how lighting in a recording studio led to just the right performance of his transcription of Widerstehe doch der Sünde from Bach's Cantata BWV54. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Pianist V\u00edkingur \u00d3lafsson opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Pianist, Composer And Technologist Zubin Kanga With Sounds Synthesised And Spectral | 20231014 | Zubin Kanga is a pianist, composer and technologist who is interested in how musical performers can interact with new technologies. Some of his choices reflect this, with Bach played on the synthesiser by Wendy Carlos, a live synthesiser improvisation by Suzanne Ciani, and a piece by Zubin that takes some of his recordings and turns them into something new using Artificial Intelligence. There's also plenty of other music including a prelude by Debussy where the pianist demonstrates incredible fluid technique, motets by WIlliam Byrd, and a movement by Berlioz where the composer plays with the orchestra like it's a keyboard instrument. Plus, a piece where Miles Davis sings on his trumpet. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Raphael Neal Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Zubin Kanga reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from Miles Davis playing Gershwin to Schubert's ‘Death and the Maiden' quartet. | |
| Piano Heroes, Polyphony And Dancefloor Gods With Pianist Ivan Ilic | 20190601 | Pianist Ivan Ili? considers how singing rather than playing led him to understand polyphony with music by Palestrina. He explores the life of a pianist and how to develop an authentic voice with performances by Louis Lortie, Mikhail Pletnev, Ivo Pogorelich and Maurizio Pollini. Ivan reveals how an obsession with Morton Feldman opened up a whole new musical world and examines the way Feldman creates a unique sound palette full of shifting timbres and visual imagery. He also reflects on the nostalgia triggered by the traditional music of his native Serbia and remembers how a well-chosen folk tune could unite a restaurant in full voice. Ivan's Must Listen piece at 2 o'clock is a relatively unknown piece of minimalism for harp which hypnotises with its subtly moving pattern. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Recorder Player And Violinist Charlotte Barbour-condini On Reversing The Version | 20201024 | Charlotte Barbour-Condini won the woodwind final of BBC Young Musician in 2012 playing the recorder She's also an accomplished violinist, a member of Chineke! and a founding member of the ensemble Parandrus. Today, from a makeshift studio in her corridor, Charlotte reveals how Chopin can really work on a harpsichord, how Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas are transformed on a grand piano, and how Bach's Goldberg Variations played by a recorder quintet sound perfectly balanced - the effect being like a kind of multiplayer organ. She also explores how a precise musical score can often come across as being completely improvised, and plays an 80-year-old recording that's inspirational to her. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Recorder Player Sarah Jeffery On Music Without Limits | 20221001 | Recorder player Sarah Jeffery reveals how she arranged and recorded Steve Reich's Vermont Counterpoint for recorder and electronics, and describes how a very simple opening of a rising semitone can be enough to draw you into a piece. Sarah also marvels at the unforgettable moment the organ dramatically cuts through the texture in Saint-Sa뀀ns's Symphony No.3, and discovers a very different type of organ in the form of 13 recorder player | |
| Refreshing Sounds With Conductor Greg Beardsell | 20180616 | 20200222 (R3) | Today conductor Greg Beardsell talks about how Carl Orff's masterpiece Carmina Burana might be seen as a warhorse by some, but is a great piece to sharpen singing skills. He also challenges preconceptions about what brass band music sounds like, and is refreshed by a live 1957 recording of Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto in which Glenn Gould and Herbert von Karajan are pulling in very different directions. At 2 o'clock Greg plays his Must Listen piece, a choral work by a 20th century British composer that Greg suspects might have been 'a bit of a hellraiser, a bit of a jazzer' thanks to his daring use of harmony. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Conductor Greg Beardsell introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Rhythmic And Melodic Adventures With Oud Player And Composer Joseph Tawadros | 20190420 | Master of the oud Joseph Tawadros brings us the angelic voice of Andreas Scholl, the sound of Coptic traditional chant, Bach with swing, Camille Saint-Saens' glittering Africa' for piano and orchestra and a Mozart symphony that for Joseph has a middle Eastern flavour. At 2pm Joseph reveals his Must Listen piece - a work from Australia that embodies peace, stillness and serenity. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Rich Musical Discoveries Introduced, By Mark Williams | 20190202 | Mark Williams brings his own special insights to a wide range of music: from Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony actually proving to be a piece of cake for organists, to the hazards of playing a harmonium on stage. Mark also explores the genius of the 16-year-old Mendelssohn's Octet for strings and finds there's more in common than you'd think between playing the keyboard in baroque music and in jazz. Plus, he shows how the greatest Renaissance composers achieved huge emotional impact even when they were working within the confines of complex musical rules. At 2 o'clock Mark's Must Listen piece is an unusual piece by Rossini that mixes the sacred and the profane. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Choral director Mark Williams unwraps a gorgeous musical selection. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Saxophonist Amy Dickson Finds Elegance And Energy In Music | 20221112 | As the London Jazz Festival gets underway, saxophonist Amy Dickson presents a playlist that extends from Mozart and Perotin to Oscar Peterson and Tom Scott. Amy is not only a virtuoso on her instrument, she has also spent years exploring the transformative power of something we all do without ususally thinking about it - breathing. The music she chooses often reflects that interest, as she finds long, controlled lines in pieces played by artists ranging from Alfred Brendel and the Hilliard Ensemble to Sammy Davis Junior and Zoot Sims. Amy also focusses on the sounds produced in the recording studio, including the warm, grainy tone of a 1960s Hollywood string section and the special recorded balance given to one of her favourite pianists, Igor Levit. Plus she reveals the challenges she faces when she tries to play Irish folk music. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Chris Dunlop Hear saxophonist Amy Dickson open up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Singer And Composer Sarah Dacey With Orchestral Storms And Vocal Tricks | 20191012 | 20210619 (R3) | Singer and composer Sarah Dacey is not only a member of the innovative vocal trio Juice Ensemble, but is also a composer and violinist with fond memories of playing in string quartets and youth orchestras as a teenager. Her choice of music today ranges from a haunting traditional tune from Northumberland discovered when she was writing music for a play at the National Theatre, to the vistas created by Richard Strauss in his cinematic Alpine Symphony. Sarah also plays a stunning piece of vocalized Quincy Jones by the French precursors to the Swingle Singers, Les Doubles Six, and reveals that she understands more about the pianistic talents of her great grandmother since listening to Martha Argerich playing a certain scherzo by Chopin. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Sarah Dacey opens up a selection of classical music from a vocalist's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Singer And Musician Julie Fowlis Finds Spaces To Breathe | 20220101 | Julie Fowlis found her musical voice growing up on the Outer Hebridean island of North Uist, and since then her music has taken her around the world, via festivals, concerts, and film and game soundtracks. In today's Inside Music Julie's choices include an upbeat waltz by Tchaikovsky, a moving piece for cl | |
| Singer And Songwriter Olivia Chaney Finds Musical Connections And Contradictions | 20220917 | Singer and songwriter Olivia Chaney shares music that may at first seem contradictory - from Purcell's ability to combine irony and humour with beauty, to a very modern and free recording of Bach's keyboard musi | |
| Singer Jeanine De Bique's Striking Musical Discoveries | 20181020 | 20191102 (R3) | Singer Jeanine De Bique recalls her debut at the Proms in 2017, which left her feeling like a rockstar'. She also takes us to her homeland of Trinidad and Tobago with sun-drenched music from massed steel pans and a local choir, and wishes her voice would allow her to sing Wagner. At 2 o'clock Jeanine reveals her Must Listen piece - an anguished aria from Handel's opera Alcina - and marvels at how singer Ren退e Fleming captures the sense of Alcina's betrayal by the man she loves. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Singer Jeanine De Bique guides us through her favourite music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Singer Nora Fischer With A Joyful And Touching Playlist | 20220402 | Nora Fischer returns to Inside Music with another eclectic selection, including a Radiohead track in the hands of a string quartet, Rameau's bird calls brought to life on wind instruments, and the seductive jazz harmonies of a haunting song by Poulenc. She also muses on the benefits of live versus studio performance before hearing Glenn Gould play Bach, and realises that singing Wagner isn't necessarily all about power. Plus she remembers how as a small girl she discovered that listening to a Mahler symphony could be fu | |
| Singer Ruby Hughes On Magic And Movement In Music | 20221210 | Singer Ruby Hughes covers many musical bases, including an exploration of the way different musicians feel rhythm as they perform: from Janine Jansen playing Ravel on the violin, to Dave Okumu on guitar, and the slightly different approaches of Lucy Crowe and Mark Padmore when they sing Handel. She also explains why the voices of Jessye Norman, Felicity Lott and Mahalia Jackson are so inspirational, and reveals a track that always gets her and her son dancing around their kitchen. Plus, the spellbinding harmonies of John Adams' Harmonielehre for orchestr | |
| Singing Piano Lines With Composer And Conductor Graham Ross | 20190928 | Composer and conductor Graham Ross takes us on a journey through music. He discovers perfect palindromes, reveals his conducting heroes from Rene Jacobs to Sir Colin Davis, his love for social music making through Debussy's piano duets, and finds harpsichords on the battlefield along the way. Plus, which `Amen` is the best in the repertoire, and what to do with a spare evening in Australia? At 2 o'clock Graham's `Must Listen` piece is an exquisitely heartfelt outpouring of grief for Jerusalem. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Soaring Melodies And Musical Energy With Gareth Davies | 20180728 | 20190323 (R3) | Flautist Gareth Davies urges all wind players to learn from the effortless phrasing of soprano Jessye Norman, recalls Sir Colin Davis's special understanding of the music of Sibelius and is wowed by the extraordinary imagination of Bj怀rk. At 2 o'clock Gareth plays his Must Listen piece - a harmonically daring work for flute by a 20th century composer who Gareth feels is often overlooked but who has created an `amazing piece full of melancholy and contemporary jazz-like qualities` The series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Flautist Gareth Davies introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Soprano Ailish Tynan With Music To Stir The Emotions | 20210814 | 20220514 (R3) | Soprano Ailish Tynan is used to tackling some of the biggest dramatic roles in opera and there is plenty of action in her choice of music today. She'll be playing bracing orchestral works by Mussorgsky, Handel and Messiaen, and as contrast, there'll be intimate drama in music by Judith Weir, Gabriel Faur退 and Schumann. Plus the closing part of Puccini's tragic La boh耀me. Ailish also showcases two superstar singers of their day: Irish tenor John McCormack and celebrated jazz vocalist Betty Carter. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Soprano Ailish Tynan opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Soprano Anna Prohaska With A Road Trip And A Musical Earthquake | 20230617 | Soprano Anna Prohaska has sung with some of the world's greatest opera houses and orchestras. Offstage she's also a film music buff, and her programme explores some of Hans Zimmer's influences as well a film score by Daft Punk with a distinctly Wagnerian flavour. Anna shares a piece by Gesualdo that she believes is shaped by his financial situation, visits Schubert's house to hear the last song he wrote, and enjoys some of Janacek's more intimate writing for violin and piano. She also describes the process of getting to know her late grandfather, the conductor Felix Prohaska, by listening to the recordings he made in the 1950s. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Marco Borggreve Hear soprano Anna Prohaska open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn With Stories Beneath The Music | 20220219 | 20231209 (R3) | Opera singer and song recitalist Elizabeth Llewellyn discovers a wide range of voices, from the perfection of Petula Clark's folk style in the soundtrack to Finian's Rainbow, to the never ending flexibility of Wynton Marsalis on the trumpet, and the unexpected beauty of a choir that breathes as one - Elizabeth also explains why the lute-like guitar accompaniment and ground bass of a Joan Armatrading song makes it sound like baroque music, and plays a piece by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor with rhythmic twists and turns that keep her gripped. Plus, a track Elizabeth danced to as a child that now has new meaning for her. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside, from the gentle pathos of a Beethoven piano sonata to the pithy humour of a Bernstein quartet. Opera singer and song recitalist Elizabeth Llewellyn discovers a wide range of voices, from the perfection of Petula Clark's folk style in the soundtrack to Finian's Rainbow, to the never-ending flexibility of Wynton Marsalis on the trumpet, and the unexpected beauty of a choir that breathes as on ~Inside Music Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside |
| Soprano Elizabeth Watts With A Musical Mix Of Blend And Bite | 20231230 | Elizabeth Watts is firmly established as one Britain's leading sopranos and in this edition of Inside Music she brings some of her favourite vocal works to the studio. There's choral beauty from Tenebrae, Trinity College Choir and The Hilliard Ensemble, as well as solo artists ranging from Gundula Janowitz all the way to Harry Connick Jr. Elizabeth is also dazzled by the verve and vibrancy of Nigel Kennedy playing Bach, enjoys listening to the beauty of nature expressed in music by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara and wonders how anyone can fail to be wowed by virtuosic tuba playing. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Marco Borggreve Hear soprano Elizabeth Watts open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Soprano Elizabeth Watts reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the vocal qualities of pianist Paul Lewis to the similarities between Bach and hard rock. | |
| Soprano Golda Schultz With Musical Conversations | 20231007 | Golda Schultz is a soprano who finds conversations in music - between performers, composers and listeners, and today she invites you to explore some of her favourite tracks with her. There's virtuosity in many forms - from Mozart, to Bobby McFerrin and Astor Piazzolla, and Golda explains how you achieve tension through harmonic changes with the help of composer Florence Price. She also reveals the powerful musical storytelling in Rebecca Clarke's song The Seal Man, and admires the constantly moving bassline played by Charles Mingus in Duke Ellington's Caravan. Plus, Golda is rendered speechless by the end of Richard Strauss' opera Daphn | |
| Soprano Helena Dix With Music That Surprises And Delights | 20240120 | Helena Dix is a soprano who is not afraid of a musical challenge. She reveals the immense task of learning Herbert Howells' Missa Sabrinensis for a recording with only 32 hours warning, and talks about how she had to train herself not to cry while singing Peter Allen's ‘I Still Call Australia Home'. She also describes her experience of singing Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma at the Metropolitan opera, and celebrates the amazing vocal skill of singers Kristin Chenoweth and Luciano Pavarotti. Plus, Super Mario's Gusty Garden Galaxy shows how gaming music guides your brain as you play - A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear soprano Helena Dix open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Soprano Helena Dix reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a musical description of a Blue Wren, to a very famous overture. | |
| Soprano Lise Davidsen With Music Of Power And Poise | 20230513 | Lyric dramatic soprano Lise Davidsen is one of today's most sought after opera stars. For this edition of Inside Music, Lise chooses a number of singers who have inspired her, including Jessye Norman, Ren退e Fleming, Kirsten Flagtad and Anne Sofie von Otter, as well as Eva Cassidy and Ina Wroldsen. Lise also selects powerful orchestral pieces by Benjamin Britten, Jean Sibelius and Ludwig van Beethoven and enjoys the vocal qualities of the flute in music by Camille Saint-Sa뀀ns. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear soprano Lise Davidsen open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Soprano Lucy Crowe Bursts Your Musical Preconceptions | 20190921 | 20200815 (R3) | Soprano Lucy Crowe often warms up for the opera stage by listening to indie pop band London Grammar and she recently discovered Bruckner's symphonies thanks to an electronic remix album. So it's no surprise to hear that for Lucy, keeping an open mind is the key to musical discovery. During her explorations inside music today, Lucy also introduces a piece by Arvo P䀀rt that makes her think of a modern art installation, finds the supernatural in music by Sibelius and is wowed by a barnstorming interpretation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by violinist Rachel Podger. Plus, we venture into the Moravian forest to hear sounds of nature depicted in a magical way by a composer completely in tune with his surroundings. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Soprano Lucy Crowe opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Soprano Mary Bevan With Music From The Sublime To The Spectacular | 20220625 | Soprano Mary Bevan shines a light on brilliant music for the voice from composers including Tomas Luis de Victoria, Giovanne Croce, Handel, Jeff Buckley, and her father David Bevan. Mary is also wowed by the power of Louis Vierne's Organ Symphony No.1 and finds great beauty in the mysterious sounds of violinist Bjarte Eike and his band Barokksolistene. Plus, a piano duet by Rachmaninov that brings back childhood memories of conducting with a hairbrush. As you d | |
| Soprano Pumeza Matshikiza With A Playlist Of Romantic Intensity | 20230701 | 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, Jüssi 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 BBC Radio 3 Hear soprano Pumeza Matshikiza open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Soprano Seljan Nasibli Takes Us On A Musical Journey | 20231118 | Seljan Nasibli shares a selection of music that spans time and space, from one of her own recordings that brings back memories of cold snowy landscapes outside the studio in Ukraine in 2017, to George Gershwin's American in Paris. She also reveals her affinity with Portuguese Fado singing, and introduces music reflecting her Azerbaijani roots including Legend of Love by composer Arif Melikov and a song performed by vocalist Alim Qasimov, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. Plus, operatic gems include Verdi's Overture to Attila, Renée Fleming singing Massenet's Thaïs, Handel's Semele and more - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear soprano Seljan Nasibli open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Soprano Seljan Nasibli reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a vocal piece that shines in a version for piano, to a Portuguese Fado song. A musician presents their selection of pieces for Saturday afternoon. | |
| Storytelling, Beauty And Melancholy In Music With Composer Isobel Waller-bridge | 20200606 | 20210327 (R3) | TV and film composer Isobel Waller-Bridge leads us through an intriguing selection of pieces that get her thinking about the power music has to create vivid images and to tell stories. She finds herself dancing with her eyes closed to Erik Satie before realising how stringed instruments can in their own way mimic the emotional impact of voices. She also discovers how a Finnish landscape full of migrating swans can be captured perfectly in music, and plays a song from 1969 that breaks many of the rules of pop to deliver its beautiful, melancholy message. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Sumptuous Sounds Explored, By Bassoonist Rachel Gough | 20200118 | Principal bassoonist of the London Symphony Orchestra Rachel Gough finds her place at the very heart of the orchestra a thrilling and rewarding place to be. But her musical antennae range much further, as we'll hear. Rachel chooses romantically opulent pieces by Ravel and Schoenberg, alongside some more surprising tracks, from a baroque violin sonata that veers towards jazz in the hands of Andrew Manze, to a song in which Sofie von Otter's nuance of tone and deeply felt expression can apparently provide inspiration in a bassoon lesson. The amazing technique of Hungarian virtuoso Roby Lakatos is also on show, paired with one of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, and Rachel reveals some of the secrets of swanee whistle playing - does it really have to be in tune? A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Surprising Musical Twists With Composer Alex Woolf | 20200418 | Composer of the NHS Symphony' and the M1 Symphony' Alex Woolf finds music going to places you might not expect in today's Inside Music. He discovers a mix of old and new in both Mozart's Requiem and Motion' by Nico Muhly, and muses on the power of a single unbroken musical line in Oliver Knussen's violin concerto. He also reveals the unlikely but magical combination of four bassoons and soprano in a serenely beautiful aria by Rameau, and decides that Beethoven would have probably preferred people not to analyse his music too much, but just be taken over by the drama. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Symphonies And Swing With Conductor Tito Mu\u00f1oz | 20200530 | Conductor Tito Muကoz reveals his discovery of Mendelssohn's revised Italian Symphony on a trip to Leipzig, and explains how an orchestra can sound menacing, sly, and nervous' in the way it swings. Plus, Tito's first encounter with historical performance with the playing of violinist Rachel Podger, and how melody can be uncovered in Stravinsky, once you decipher the phrase | |
| Tenor Nicky Spence With Music Both Structural And Spiritual | 20211002 | 20220827 (R3) | Scottish tenor Nicky Spence is a star of the opera stage, and while his choices today include dramatic productions by Benjamin Britten and Richard Wagner, there are many surprises in store too. Nicky reveals his passion for dancing was inspired by Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, explains why folk music grounds him emotionally and finds parallels between being a tenor and being an alphorn player. Plus he shows his huge admiration for Beyonc退. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Nicky Spence opens up a selection of music from a singer's point of view. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| The Unique Insights Of Guitarist Sean Shibe | 20180721 | 20190119 (R3) | Guitarist Sean Shibe describes how Respighi creates the vastness of underground catacombs in sound, explores the appeal of Stokowski's dramatic treatment of JS Bach, and discovers how violinist Andrew Manze conjures up the joy of human existence in a piece by Vivaldi. At 2 o'clock Sean reveals his Must Listen piece - a seductive, but seldom played 20th century work, with, according to Sean, 'glacial textures like levitating sheets of glass'. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Sean's intriguing selection of music both mesmerises and thrills. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Timpanist Adrian Bending On Improvisation, Imitation And Innovation | 20210206 | Percussionist Adrian Bending is Principal Timpanist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and plays as part of symphonic, chamber and period instrument ensembles. Today Adrian chooses two very different evocations of snow in music, considers the differences between bassoon players and football players, and takes us inside the percussion section of an orchestra to discover why playing early music feels so free. Plus, Adrian tackles the thorny problem of bar lines, and reveals why communication with conductors can be tricky. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Trombonist Amos Miller On The Importance Of Fun In Music | 20201017 | Amos Miller combines his role as head of brass at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with the post of principal trombone with the orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet and founder member of the acclaimed quintet Onyx Brass. Fun is at the heart of many of his choices today, including a piece by Danny Kaye that made him cry with laughter as a child, and an arrangement of a piece by Bessie Smith that he'd like to play to aliens. Amos also reveals when Tchaikovsky finally got orchestration right, and tells us why he is still inspired by the 81-year-old Vladimir Horowitz's comeback concert in Moscow. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Trombonist Emily White With Sackbutts And Surprises | 20240203 | Trombonist Emily White specialises in early trombones, or sackbutts, and her choices include music by Alexander Agricola, Palestrina and Thomas Tallis that feature this historic instrument. Emily also shares a sarabande that really dances, choral music with a nod to the past, a song from Anne Boleyn's songbook, and a violin concerto with a surprising cadenza. Plus, a versatile musician who plays the trombone like a singer, and sings like she's playing the trombone - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Emily White reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a piece inspired by singing in the kitchen to film music by Charlie Chaplin. | |
| Trombonist Jorgen Van Rijen Takes Us Into A Multi-faceted Musical World | 20190518 | J怀rgen van Rijen takes time out from playing principal trombone in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to present a wide range of pieces, including music by Anton Bruckner that reminds him of a mountain landscape. He also points out some of the dangers of playing ancient instruments with a piece written for St Mark's basilica in Venice, and highlights the story-telling vocal skills of Bryn Terfel. J怀rgen finds Henry Purcell merging with jazz and klezmer in a non-cheesy' crossover track by Christina Pluhar and reflects on how conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt made sense of some graceful Czech-rooted music by Antonin Dvorak. At 2 o'clock J怀rgen's Must Listen piece is music that has the power to move him to tears. It's an intriguing excerpt from a rarely performed large scale work about a famous female saint. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Trombonist Peter Moore Unmutes The Music That Inspires Him | 20211127 | When he was only 12 years old, Peter Moore was the youngest ever winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year. Now he is renowned both as principal trombone of the London Symphony Orchestra, and as a soloist. Today on Inside Music, Peter reveals how far trombone technique can go with a piece by Gunther Schuller, and shows how a plunger and a mute can make a trombone sound like a jazz singer. He also shares recordings of performers who he thinks make unparalleled sounds - from the purity of Vladimir Horowitz's piano playing, to the versatility of Ole Edvard Antonsen on the cornet, and the natural perfection of Ella Fitzgerald's voice. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Trombonist Peter Moore explores familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Trumpet Player Darren Moore With Musical Energy And Imagination | 20240309 | Darren Moore plays the trumpet and cornetto, performing with ensembles across the world including Multi-Story Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Today, Darren explains exactly what a cornetto is (not the ice cream - ), and plays a track by Anna Meredith which always makes him think of very specific colours. He also admires the vocal technique and control in a Georgian folk song sung by the Basiani Ensemble, and shows the exploratory side of historical performance in a recording of a concerto for two pianos by Mozart. Plus, a piece by Monteverdi which is rather nerve wracking for cornetists everywhere - A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Pawel Bebenca Hear trumpet player Darren Moore open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Trumpet player Darren Moore reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the huge sonic landscape of Mahler's 2nd Symphony, to surprising instrumental combinations. | |
| Viola Da Gamba Player Liam Byrne Explores Musical Lilt, Groove And Elegance | 20201003 | Liam Byrne plays the viola da gamba as both a soloist and with a variety of musical ensembles and artists including the Dunedin Consort, Fretwork, and Crash Ensemble. In this programme Liam discovers the many contrasting worlds that can be created on a keyboard: from how the organ can be seen as the very first synthesiser to the glory of an actual synthesiser played by Wendy Carlos, and a microtonal piece played on a midi piano. He also reveals why playing romantic music with brisk efficiency is so effective, and discovers strange and wonderful instruments - from Harry Partch's diamond marimba and cloud chamber bowls, to Machaut played on a consort of daxophones. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Viola Player Jennifer Stumm With Itinerant Tales | 20211120 | American viola player Jennifer Stumm shares a range of musical choices exploring how voices, stories and music travel across continents, from improvisations on the music of Antonio Vivaldi to a surprising reinvention of a movement from a cello suite by JS Bach. She also celebrates powerful stories performed by female voices including Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Nina Simone and Dolly Parton. Plus a piece from Colombia written to protect the performers' cultural heritage. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Jennifer Stumm opens up a selection of music from her point of view as a viola player. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Viola Player Paul Cassidy With Musical Dreams And Legends | 20230401 | Paul Cassidy has been playing viola in the Brodsky Quartet his entire working life. It's a truly inside' position which gives him special insight into his musical choices today. He explores the crossover between fugues and riffs with tracks by Nina Simone and the Arctic Monkeys; he delves into the traditional energy of dances by Taraf de Hadouks and Stravinsky, and he's blown away by the skill and virtuosity of accordionist Alexander Hrustevish playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto - both the orchestral and solo parts! Plus, Elvis Costello's take on A Midsummer Night's Dream and Paganini played by (according to Paul) the greatest viola player of all time. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Sarah Cresswell Hear violist Paul Cassidy open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Viola Player Ro\u00eds\u00edn Ni Dhuill's Selection Ranges From Wild Beauty To Focussed Control | 20221015 | Ro퀀s퀀n Ni Dhuill takes us deep into the string section of the orchestra with personal insights into how a Mahler symphony sounds from the very middle of the concert platform, and how performing a slow movement by Tchaikovsky requires both immense concentration and group awareness. Ro퀀s퀀n also remembers how her ears were on stalks' in a German opera pit as she heard Cecilia Bartoli perform unforgettable vocal feats on the stage above her head. And she tries to get her head (and hands) around the way that traditional Irish fiddler Kevin Burke uses his bow to create unique percussive effects. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear viola player Ro\u00eds\u00edn Ni Dhuill open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Viola Player Ruth Gibson With A Focus On Performer Personalities | 20220129 | Viola player Ruth Gibson shares a range of music showcasing contrasting sound worlds that share surprising connections, by composers including Roslavets, Corelli and Ravel. Ruth explores several performers whose personalities shine through in their playing, admires fellow viola player Lawrence Power's declamatory style, and marvels at how Mahan Esfahani performs Bach with so much freedom. Plus, raucous birdsong brought to life by a collection of wind instruments. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Ruth Gibson opens up a selection of music from her point of view as a viola player. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Viola Player Timothy Ridout With Bach, Bartok And A Bagatelle | 20210904 | Timothy Ridout is a viola player who's fascinated by the way our emotions can be stirred by musical performance. His choices today include mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson channelling both tragedy and hope in a song by Robert Schumann and a visceral moment from Mozart's Requiem. He also features Inside Music regular Sean Shibe playing a trance-inducing guitar miniature. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist And Conductor Johannes Pramsohler Chooses An Inventive And Joyful Playlist | 20231125 | 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 BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Edouard Brane Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. 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. Hear Johannes Pramsohler open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. | |
| Violinist And Conductor Pekka Kuusisto With Seasonal Sounds From Scandinavia And Beyond | 20201226 | Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto plays rousing music by Olli Mustonen that makes him think of Russian composers enjoying a Christmas tipple. Plus much-loved Christmas melodies from Finland and Sweden, and songs by two great singer-songwriters, Nat King Cole and Joni Mitchell. Pekka also wonders why it was that in all his years of musical education he rarely, if ever, heard or played music by female composers. With that thought in mind, he finds soaring chamber music by Louise Farrenc and Amanda Maier-R怀ntgen and hypnotic atmospheres by Missy Mazzoli. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Carolin Widmann On Clouds, Courage And Carpets Of Sound | 20201010 | Carolin Widmann chooses a wide selection of music that reflects her approach to performance. She discovers Herbert von Karajan putting ego to one side and allowing soprano Jessye Norman to soar over a carpet of sound', and remembers the blistered fingers that Pierre Boulez felt was a necessary outcome when playing one of his pieces. Carolin also analyses the cloud pictures shaped by Debussy from instrumental sounds and explores the courage it takes to make a musical line so simple that time seems to stand still. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Cathy Thompson With Music From The Studio And The Soul | 20220319 | 20230729 (R3) | Cathy Thompson is a versatile violinist and a composer - a leading session musician who has played with groups ranging from the Medici String Quartet to the New Blood Orchestra. Today, Cathy shares her unique experience of recording music from a huge range of genres, including the rising and falling inner string parts that characterise Joni Mitchell's latest recording of her song Both Sides Now', to the physically exhausting but exhilarating music of Michael Nyman. She also reveals a piece which keeps her moving, and explains why sometimes you have to bring jazz techniques to a Debussy sonata. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear violinist Cathy Thompson open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Violinist Darragh Morgan With Music That Stops You In Your Tracks | 20220604 | 20230819 (R3) | Violinist Darragh Morgan shares recordings made by his mentors, Detlef Hahn and Paul Zukofsky, which feature perfect demonstrations of intriguing violin bow techniques. He also delves into his vinyl collection to share some music from Mali and explores music whose irregular rhythms enchant the listener, including pieces by Kevin Volans and Steven Reich. Plus, a heartfelt elegy which manages to express comfort and hurt simultaneously. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear violinist Darragh Morgan open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Violinist Davina Clarke With Music To Make You Smile | 20231104 | As a teenager violinist Davina Clarke fell in love with choral music and today she serves up several choral treats, including Lotti's Crucifixus, Brahms's Geistliches Lied and William Harris's Faire is the heaven. She's also thrilled by a live recording of Hector Berlioz's Overture ‘Le Corsaire' and enjoys violinist Joshua Bell's 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 BBC Radio 3 Hear violinist Davina Clarke open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Davina Clarke reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from John Dowland's Flow my tears to Barber's Violin Concerto. She's also thrilled by a live recording of Hector Berlioz's Overture Le Corsaire' and enjoys violinist Joshua Bell's polished yet exhilarating playing in a miniature by Fritz Kreisler. | |
| Violinist Elena Urioste Pays Attention To What's Going On In The Background | 20220903 | Violinist Elena Urioste shares pieces that have shaped not only her violin playing but also her appreciation of music. Her choices range from Debussy in the hands of the Punch Brothers to vocal lines that, for her, embody the beauty of sound that she thinks all string players should strive for. Chamber music features too, with pieces by Beethoven and Coleridge-Taylor. She also points out how important it often is to hear what's going on in the background of a piece as she unearths accompaniments that remind her of the most delicious mulled wine! Plus, Elena shares performances and anecdotes from some of her mentors. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear violinist Elena Urioste open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Esther Yoo With Music Ancient And Modern | 20211106 | Violinist Esther Yoo lines up a playlist that traverses traditional music from South Korea, harpsichord arranged for the harp, Mozart in the hands of Clara Haskil and jazz pianist Hiromi's take on Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. Esther also plays music featuring two important mentors, pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and conductor Lorin Maazel and is launched into outer space by Esa-Pekka Salonen's Cello Concerto... A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Violinist Esther Yoo opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Fenella Humphreys With Old And New Sounds | 20210703 | Today, violinist Fenella Humphreys shares her personal musical discoveries - from a harmonica quartet performing Sibelius's Valse Triste to the fearless violin playing of Ginette Neveu. Fenella also finds calm in Adrian Sutton's score to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and a piece by Cristobal de Morales which has proved to be a comforting antidote to insomnia. Plus, battle music which was way ahead of its tim | |
| Violinist Francesca Dego Finds Italian Flavour Wherever She Listens | 20181103 | 20200229 (R3) | Violinist Francesca Dego admires the cool dexterity of her teacher Salvatore Accardo, can't resist the combination of Brahms and the cello, and explores the playing of harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani. Francesca also treats us to her world premiere recording of a piece by a composer she loves, fellow Italian Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. At 2 o'clock Francesca's Must Listen piece is a glorious operatic duet, where every phrase is given a special, emotion-wrenching musical treatment. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Violinist Francesca Dego opens up a colourful selection of music - from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Violinist Jack Liebeck Discovers Musical Rebels And Pure Romanticism | 20201031 | Jack Liebeck's choices include music by Friedrich Gulda that makes the cello sound as if it's being played by Jimi Hendrix, and a piece for cor anglais and strings by the most fidgety composer he knows. He also reveals how imperfections in performance can give music deeper human resonance and talks about the power that film composers have to make us cry. Plus, hear how Jack's photographic skills led him to a front row seat at Alfred Brendel's farewell recital in Vienna. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Jennifer Pike's Rich Pick Of Classical Discoveries | 20181006 | Violinist Jennifer Pike uncovers the emotional heart of Bach's St Matthew Passion, reveals how her favourite films are brought to life by the music of Henry Mancini, and plays a thrilling, landscape-inspired piece by a Polish composer who died while skiing in his beloved Tatra mountains. And where can you find music that truly reflects peace and silence? Jennifer discovers it in the voice of Elizabeth Schwarzkopf singing a heart-stopping song by Schubert. At 2 o'clock Jennifer's Must Listen piece is by a woman who in her short life wrote fantastically original music that came to inspire a new generation of (male) composers. A series in which each episode a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Violinist Jennifer Pike introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Karen Gomyo With Musical Canyons, Canons And Crickets | 20220416 | Violinist Karen Gomyo brings a unique playlist to Inside Music, with an array of sounds including a violin that sounds like a cricket, the multi-stringed Indian violin and a cedar flute echoing through the canyons of the vast American Southwest. Karen also brings her musician's insight to some firm favourites by Grieg, Beethoven, Sibelius and Elgar and introduces music played by violist Hiyoli Togawa that will get you in the mood for a good spring clean. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear Violinist Karen Gomyo open up a colourful selection of music from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Kinga Ujsz\u00e1szi With Secret Sonatas And Symbolic Semitones | 20220430 | Violinist Kinga Ujszကszi shares a playlist featuring Nordic and Hungarian folk tunes, violin sonatas which have lain undiscovered for hundreds of years, and a fortepiano concerto in the hands of Alexander Melnikov. Kinga also finds double basses imitating chainsaws, muses on the creative possibilities offered by the form of the passacaglia, and explains why Haydn's string quartets show that he would be a perfect dinner party guest. There's also plenty of drama, with the epic finale of Wagner's Ring Cycle and a peek behind some of the doors of Bluebeard's Castl | |
| Violinist Maren Bosma With Some Rare Musical Finds | 20210731 | Violinist Maren Bosma presents a wide-ranging programme including a trio by Bartok that starts like a famous piece by Saint-Saens, and a virtuosic duo featuring the unlikely pairing of piano and mandolin. She also discovers the charms of Ethel Smyth's Serenade for orchestra, music by a Russian she believes to be one of the most intimate of composers, and jazz that classical musicians can perform without embarrassment! A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Maxine Kwok With All The Instruments She Ever Wanted To Play | 20201205 | Maxine Kwok is a violinist in the London Symphony Orchestra who adores the lush sounds of Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss and Erich Korngold, so she's finding it hard to adjust to having to play music on a smaller scale under the current circumstances. This is a chance for her to play some of that music, alongside a piece of Gershwin that feeds her urge to tap-dance, a Chopin nocturne that she found was easier on the violin than the piano, and a flute concerto that made her want to give that instrument a try. She also remembers the thrill of playing Verdi's La Traviata in the orchestra pit and how Star Wars led her to the LSO in the first place. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja With Ghosts, Gardens And Musical Magic | 20240323 | Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja's choices today include Antonio Lotti's ten-part choral Crucifixus, a dance with death in the hands of Franz Schubert, and a piano piece by Eric Satie that reminds her of a secret garden. Patricia also marvels at violinist Pekka Kuusisto's interpretation of a Mozart violin concerto, shares an arrangement of a Bach cantata that helped her understand him and is wowed by the visionary genius of Edgard Varèse. Plus, a track where Patricia plays alongside some of her musical relatives. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Photo credit: Marco Borggreve Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. Patricia Kopatchinskaja reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from Schumann's violin concerto to a Moldovan musical jam. | |
| Violinist Rakhi Singh With Strings Bowed And Brushed | 20230422 | Rakhi Singh is a violinist, composer and co-founder of Manchester Collective. Today her instrument features in a Vivaldi concerto that's full of rhythmic groove, and in string quartets by Beethoven and Edmund Finnis. Rakhi admires the luxurious voicing and use of vibrato in a recording of George Enescu's Octet for strings, is drawn to the asymmetry in Olli Mustonen's Nonet No.2, and connects Stravinsky's angular melodic writing with the falling shapes in a game of Tetris. Plus, she finds similarities between Indian singing and a traditional Hungarian song, and enjoys the vast sense of space that can be evoked by ethereal choral music. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear violinist Rakhi Singh open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Tai Murray Invites You To Dance, Celebrate And Eat Cheese | 20200912 | Violinist Tai Murray assembles a kaleidoscopic playlist encompassing a riotous celebration by Adolphus Hailstork, some diabolical music by Prokofiev and glacial saxophone sounds from Roger Zare. Tai also ponders why the final movement of Brahms's Fourth Symphony always appeals to her whatever her mood, and marvels at how Dietrich Buxtehude can create so much musical contrast in a choral piece that sets just one word: Alleluia. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violinist Tessa Lark With Musical Flow, Groove And Crunch | 20220115 | 20230520 (R3) | Violinist Tessa Lark grew up immersed in both classical music and the bluegrass traditions of her native Kentucky. Drawing on these musical roots, Tessa chooses a colourful playlist that includes what she calls 'neuron tickling' piano music by Gy怀rgy Ligeti, powerful melodies by Dvorကk and the folksy grooves of B退la Bart k. Tessa also celebrates music by musicians with an 'old-school' sound including pianist Artur Schnabel playing Schubert and a violinist who could really 'sing a phrase', Fritz Kreisler. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Violinist Tessa Lark opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| Violinist Thomas Gould With Spine-tingling Sounds | 20200711 | Violinist Thomas Gould brings his many experiences as a soloist, chamber player and orchestral member to his choices today. He thinks about the limitless ways a singer like Ren退e Fleming can inflect a single note, and enjoys the powerful emotional effect created by Barbra Streisand as she chooses when, and more importantly when not, to use vibrato. There's also riotous energy from composers Gyorgy Ligeti and Camille Saint-Sa뀀ns, and Thomas reveals his wake up' moment in Handel's Messiah (it's not the Hallelujah chorus). A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Violinist Thomas Gould opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Violist Rosalind Ventris With Music To Stimulate Your Senses | 20220723 | Violist Rosalind Ventris creates a musical playlist with an intense and colourful character. The viola makes an appearance in the hands of Russian composer Varvara Gaigerova and Rosalind wonders why Gaigerova's music isn't better known. There is also twinkling music for the bassoon, adventurous and transportive sounds by Edward Nesbit, Trio HLK and Thea Musgrave, and lush orchestral melodies from Elgar and Tchaikovsky. Plus, a hypnotic musical depiction of the migration of an osprey from Senegal to Wales, as conjured up by harpist Catrin Finch and kora player Seckou Keita. A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| Vocalist Nora Fischer With A Mesmerising Playlist | 20180922 | 20190810 (R3) | Singer Nora Fischer remembers her experience as a child watching her father Ivan Fisher conduct a studio recording of Brahms' Hungarian Dances. She goes on to convey the creepy intensity' of the opening of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto and thrills to the ecstatic build-up of Steve Reich's Tehillim. Nora also brings the Italian baroque to the 21st century in two very different performances of the same song by Antonio Cesti. At 2 o'clock Nora's Must Listen piece features a group of voices doing all sorts of bizarre, beautiful and mesmerising things. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Singer Nora Fischer introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| With Abel Selaocoe | 20180818 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today cellist Abel Selaocoe chooses a selection of pieces reflecting his tastes formed growing up in South Africa and learning the cello. Abel chooses Purcell re-worked for the 21st century, a powerful work for cello and piano by James MacMillan and a movement from his favourite Beethoven symphony. Plus there's a joyful Norwegian folk tune for string quartet and a work by Italian composer Giovanni Sollima arranged by Abel himself to include vocals inspired by the throat singing of the Xhosa culture. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Cellist Abel Selaocoe introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Amy Harman | 20180714 | A new series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today bassoonist Amy Harman marvels at the hypnotic effect of Thomas Ades' arrangements. She also explains how The Little Mermaid inspired her to become a musician, why Mozart's bassoon parts are the best to play and how Strauss perfectly evokes a night-time woodland scene. At 2 o'clock Amy reveals her Must Listen piece - a song which features the bassoon in a duet with the voice. The bassoon beautifully intertwines with the soprano while also sounding distant and ethereal. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Bassoonist Amy Harman introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Angela Hewitt | 20180804 | 20190126 (R3) | Find out how keyboard players can learn how to phrase the music of J.S. Bach by listening to the way that singers do it with pianist Angela Hewitt, who also explains why the famous Adagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony should never turn into a dirge. She also showcases two contrasting pieces by fellow Canadian musicians, and thrills to the verbal and musical skills of Noel Coward. At 2 o'clock Angela's Must Listen piece is a passionate and poignant work in a detailed recording by conductor Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Pianist Angela Hewitt introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| With Claire Booth | 20180428 | 20180908 (R3) | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today soprano Claire Booth explains how a song by Mussorgsky has to be sung in Russian to stop it sounding like Gilbert and Sullivan, why the scherzo of Bruckner's 8th Symphony requires just the right tempo and how a Liszt arrangement of a Schubert song made her daughter cry with fear. At 2 o'clock Claire reveals her Must Listen piece. It's a work she describes as dividing musical opinion - but wonders whether the sceptics have simply been listening to the wrong recordings. As she says, her chosen performance has opened her ears to the piece's sense of space. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Soprano Claire Booth introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| With Colin Currie | 20180407 | 20180915 (R3) | Each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today world-renowned percussionist Colin Currie talks about his admiration for horn players, what it's like being caught up in a performance of a piece for two marimbas, and how Jean Sibelius can make a waltz sound bittersweet. Colin's choice of music includes variations on an ancient tune played with improvisatory panache by Jordi Savall, Mozart's powerful Requiem, a dramatic work for four hands at one piano by Schubert, and Steve Martland's outrageous 'Horses of Instruction'. At 2 o'clock Colin reveals his Must Listen piece. It's music he describes as 'thrilling, engaging and strange' - and he wants everyone to hear it at least once in their life. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Percussionist Colin Currie introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |
| With Douglas Boyd | 20180609 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today conductor and former oboe player Douglas Boyd explores the subtle difference between metronome and pulse, and introduces pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Richard Strauss that attempt to make sense out the chaos of war. Other choices include the mysterious opening of Mozart's Requiem, jewel-like miniatures by Webern and Schumann, and music by Ravel played by a pianist whose energy and panache seems to have an effect on everyone she works with. At 2 o'clock Douglas reveals his Must Listen piece - a symphonic slow movement that builds from tiny fragments of melody to an emotionally searing climax. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Conductor Douglas Boyd introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Eimear Noone | 20180811 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today Irish composer and conductor Eimear Noone explores works that she knows intimately, including music by the 12th-century abbess, Christian mystic and composer Hildegard von Bingen. And from 700 years later, the sensual, dramatic work of Lili Boulanger. Eimear also plays part of Mozart's Requiem and a movement from Dvorak's sunny Serenade for Strings, and reveals the joys and challenges of composing huge orchestral scores for video games. At 2 o'clock Eimear shares her Must Listen piece. It's an iconic recording of a work beloved by many, and which opened up the art of conducting to Eimear. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Composer and conductor Eimear Noone introduces a wide selection of music - from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Javier Perianes | 20180901 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today pianist Javier Perianes explores the emotional heart of performances from Schubert's String Quintet in C major and Puccini's Tosca, to Tchaikovsky's `Path退tique` symphony and a Mazurka by Chopin played by Artur Rubinstein. Javier also finds that the slow tempo conductor Otto Klemperer brings to Bach's St. Matthew Passion allows a particularly mystical quality to emerge, and recalls how Daniel Barenboim gave Javier particular insights into the piano sonatas of Beethoven. At 2 o'clock Javier plays his Must Listen piece featuring someone he calls `a poet of the piano`, Dinu Lipatti. The recording was made 70 years ago and according to Javier, no-one has made a finer one since. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3 Pianist Javier Perianes introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Katherine Bryan | 20180602 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today flautist Katherine Bryan chooses works that she knows intimately, including a scene from Aladdin by Nielsen that features four orchestras playing at once, and a wind quintet where the performers have to speak as well as play. Katherine also exposes the challenges for the flute player in making the opening solo of Debussy's Pr退lude | |
| With Martin Owen | 20180623 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today the French horn player Martin Owen marvels at the technical brilliance required to play the natural horn, is chilled by the ability of Bela Bartok to conjure up a spine-tingling soundworld, and reflects on the special intimacy of chamber music making. Martin also hazards a guess at why Janacek wrote a part for a hard-drinking horn player that involved almost no playing at all. At 2 o'clock Martin plays his Must Listen piece, a movement from a recording of a Mahler symphony that he took part in and that so entranced him, he held up the recording session by forgetting that he was supposed to be playing. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. French horn player Martin Owen introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Owain Park | 20180526 | A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today composer and conductor Owain Park discovers two composers expressing pain, suffering and beauty in their music, and another setting words by poet Emily Dickinson to create a jewel-like miniature. Other choices include Chabrier's sparkling homage to Spain and an choral piece designed by Owain to evoke perfect stillness. At 2 o'clock Owain reveals his Must Listen piece - it's music that had such an effect on him when he heard it for the first time, that he immediately ordered the full score so he could find out exactly how it worked. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Composer Owain Park introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Rachel Portman | 20180519 | A new series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today composer Rachel Portman revels in Ravel's use of pizzicato, enjoys the intimacy of lieder by Clara Schumann and shows how a simple rising scale can be the catalyst for mesmeric and powerful music by Philip Glass. Rachel also introduces music from her opera The Little Prince - written specifically with a younger audience in mind - 'I wanted to write an opera that I could take my own children to'. At 2 o'clock Rachel plays her Must Listen piece - in fact a pair of pieces - from a collection of music she finds herself returning to again and again and in which Rachel finds a deep humanity. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Composer Rachel Portman introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. | |
| With Tamsin Waley-cohen | 20180414 | A new series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside. Today solo violinist and chamber musician Tamsin Waley-Cohen is inspired by conductor Carlos Kleiber's rehearsal technique, discovers the eerie effect of strings combined with wine glasses, and describes how a Haydn string quartet is an elaborate game for four players. Tamsin's choices range from a number by Irving Berlin sung by Billy Holiday, to flirtatious pairings of wind instruments by Bartok, and a keyboard concerto by J.S. Bach's most iconoclastic son. At 2 o'clock Tamsin reveals her Must Listen piece - something she thinks everyone should hear at least once in their life. It's a work she describes as sumptuous, intimate and with some of the most gorgeous harmonies imaginable. A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3. Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen introduces a colourful selection of music - from the inside. Get to know a selection of music from the inside with a leading musician. |