Sounds Connected

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First
Broadcast

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Comments

Ellie Ajao

20230403

20230402 (R3)

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. Each piece of this half-hour eclectic music sequence is linked to the previous one, through all manner of connections, some tangential, some personal, often surprising.

This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Ellie Ajao, a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, and a former BBC Open Music trainee. Ellie loves nothing more than talking about music and culture. Keen to make classical music accessible to people from all backgrounds, Ellie's work is centred around uncovering the wonderful music of underrepresented composers.

Ellie's music choices in this first episode include pieces by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Produced by Graham Rogers

Ellie Ajao

20230410

20230409 (R3)

Ellie's music choices in this second episode include pieces by Imogen Holst, Britten, Shostakovich, Bernstein, Sondheim and Harry Burleigh.

Produced by Graham Rogers

Ellie Ajao

20230417

20230416 (R3)

Ellie's music choices in this third episode include pieces by Henry Purcell, Morfydd Llwyn-Owen, Nathan James Dearden, Lili Boulanger, Robert Walker and Duke Ellington.

Produced by Graham Rogers

Keelan Carew

20220328

20220327 (R3)

Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight what links jazz from the roaring 20s, a fiendishly difficult Rachmaninov piano concerto and the score to the new Batman movie? Keelan has the answers!

A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people:

I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path.

'I was the only musician in the house growing up, so ended up with pretty eclectic musical loves. Whether influenced by my passion for the piano and deep-dives into lost keyboard masterpieces - or my sister playing her latest finds on long car journeys, I love finding those unlikely musical connections from Bartok and Afro-beats, or Mongol voices to minimalists.'

Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky and personal connections that link music through history.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Keelan Carew

20220404

20220403 (R3)

Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight Keelan plots a musical course through hypnotic music by Steve Reich, vibrant Prokofiev, a sad waltz by Sibelius and a stunning collaboration between a Bulgarian choir and Mongolian throat singers.

A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people:

I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path.

I was the only musician in the house growing up, so ended up with pretty eclectic musical loves. Whether influenced by my passion for the piano and deep-dives into lost keyboard masterpieces - or my sister playing her latest finds on long car journeys, I love finding those unlikely musical connections from Bartok and Afro-beats, or Mongol voices to minimalists.

Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Keelan Carew

20220411

20220410 (R3)

Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight, what could big beats from Little Simz, a quirky Waltz by Britten and a Charlie Brown Christmas possibly have in common? Join Keelan to find out.

A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people:

I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path.

Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Mahaliah Edwards

20230710

20230709 (R3)

Mahaliah Edwards's connections begin with how she feels when performing J.S. Bach's music for solo violin and end with a very moving Buddhist prayer. Via the heat of a Spanish garden with Miles Davis, Mahaliah takes us to Paris where Gershwin is a tourist and Ravel is revealing his penchant for jazz.

This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Mahaliah Edwards. Mahaliah is a professional violinist, educator and passionate advocator for the power of music. She is an alumna of BBC Open Music, which brings creatives and musicians of all genres, styles and backgrounds from across the UK to the BBC.

For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below:

bbc.co.uk/openmusic

Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Mahaliah Edwards

20230717

20230716 (R3)

Mahaliah Edwards's connections begin with Eric Coates who lived near where Mahaliah grew up in Nottingham. Like Coates, Mahaliah has a passion for chamber music and we hear music from the father of the string quartet, Joseph Haydn. The Montgomery Variations by the American composer Margaret Bonds leads Mahaliah to one of her favourite tracks by Snarky Puppy and Salif Keita whose rhythms make her think about the driving claves rhythm of 'Escualo' by Astor Piazzolla.

For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below:

bbc.co.uk/openmusic

Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Mahaliah Edwards

20230724

20230723 (R3)

Mahaliah Edwards connections include music by Toru Takemitsu, John Dowland and Poulenc.

For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below:

bbc.co.uk/openmusic

Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Miriam Skinner

20230424

20230423 (R3)

The cellist Miriam Skinner grew up in the north west, listening to Kajagoogoo. These days she plays with the BBC's oldest orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic. The Phil's just celebrated its 100th birthday, having started out all those years ago as 12 musicians playing out of Station 2ZY. Impressive. But then the story of Manchester is very much that humble beginnings can bring forth riches and that applies to its music as much as its industry. Having played music around Manchester for nearly 30 years the sounds of the city are Miriam Skinner's connective tissue. And so for this musician, the city itself connects the sounds in this programme. From the Bee Gees - listen to those bass lines - to the cellist John Foulds to the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Miriam Skinner introduces the music of the City of Dreams.

Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Miriam Skinner

20230501

20230430 (R3)

Miriam Skinner plays cello in the BBC Philharmonic based in Greater Manchester. It's a city renowned for its industry, its symbol is the worker bee, which you can find everywhere on street signs, tattoos and bollards. Miriam loves the community of the shop floor, joining her 90 orchestral colleagues to manufacture great music. It's all about collaboration, but then the co-operative movement did begin in this city. For Miriam, the sounds of the city are her musical connective tissue. And in this programme she introduces us to the music of the City of Workers from Malcolm Arnold's Peterloo to Holst's Moorside Suite played by the Grimethorpe Colliery band to Joy Division and Eric Coates.

Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Miriam Skinner

20230508

20230507 (R3)

Miriam Skinner's played the cello in the BBC Philharmonic for nearly 30 years. She says she's spent much of that time driving to concerts around the north west and that she could gauge her life in terms of motorway junctions as much as she could Mahler's symphonies. Her great passion is the city of Manchester - her city. And in this very personal programme she leads us through a selection of music that illustrates the magic of her city, with sometimes surprising musical links with music from Elgar, Cesar Franck, Mozart and the band James.

Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 1: Linton Stephens

20200914

20200913 (R3)

New series. Linton Stephens tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. In episode one, his obsession with space leads him to make unexpected leaps from Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata to a waltz by Ravel via 16-century dances performed by John Blanke, a black trumpet player who played for Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others.

Image of Linton Stephens © Neil Shearer.

Linton tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 10: Andrea Baker

20210517

20210516 (R3)

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. In this episode, Andrea introduces German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann, who shares a connection with American opera singer Jessye Norman through his social activism. Andrea's final choice of Martinu takes us via France, Hindemith and the sounds of home'.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American-born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice.

Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 11: Andrea Baker

20210524

20210523 (R3)

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. This episode opens with the remarkable trailblazer pianist Hazel Scott and Andrea's connections range between the clarinet music of Luis Spohr, Mahler's setting of poetry in his second symphony and a musical discovery of composer Adolphus Hailstork, a former pupil of Nadia Boulanger.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American-born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice.

Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 12: Andrea Baker

20210531

20210530 (R3)

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. Unforgettable experiences and musical mentors are some of the connections in this episode as Andrea shares music by one of America's renowned Black female composers Undine Smith Moore, and a discovery of Estonian composer Arvo Part during a concert in Edinburgh.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice.

Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan .

Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 2: Linton Stephens

20200921

20200920 (R3)

Linton Stephens forges new connections between five more pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others.

Image of Linton Stephens © Neil Shearer.

Linton Stephens finds new connections between five pieces from a range of genres and eras.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 3: Linton Stephens

20200928

20200927 (R3)

Linton Stephens presents a chain of unexpected musical connections.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 4: Yshani Perinpanayagam

20201012

20201011 (R3)

New series. Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

'I was never really introduced to music in terms of genres or categories. When I was very little, my dad made me a mix tape which I remember had Mozart, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Bohemian Rhapsody in a row. So, Sounds Connected really is my ideal playtime - a gallivant across the entire canon, stretching my leaping legs as far as I can. I love the places to which lateral thinking can take you, leading you to new discoveries, or pointing a new angle-poise at the very familiar.'

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director.

Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 5: Yshani Perinpanayagam

20201019

20201018 (R3)

Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director.

The starting point for Yshani's journey in this episode is a romantic piano piece by Fanny Mendelssohn.

This programme contains racial language within a historical context.

Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 6: Yshani Perinpanayagam

20201026

Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

'I was never really introduced to music in terms of genres or categories. When I was very little, my dad made me a mix tape, which I remember had Mozart, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Bohemian Rhapsody in a row. So, Sounds Connected really is my ideal playtime - a gallivant across the entire canon, stretching my leaping legs as far as I can. I love the places to which lateral thinking can take you, leading you to new discoveries, or pointing a new angle-poise at the very familiar.'

This week's journey starts with music by Mozart that Yshani used in childhood to help her feel better when she was unwell.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director.

Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 7: Uchenna Ngwe

20201228

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe explores unusual and surprising connections as she charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar.

In today's episode, vocalist Sarah Vaughan lulls and teases our emotions. whilst Duke Ellington and Errollyn Wallen mischievously riff from classical to jazz and vice-versa. Meanwhile we move from one extraordinary musical life lived under a stifling societal code, to another two centuries before - as Uchenna explores the remarkable stories of Dmitri Shostakovich and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Uchenna Ngwe is a freelance oboist and researcher from Tottenham, North London. She's performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, St Paul's Sinfonia and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra among others - and is also the artistic director of Decus Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring lesser-known classical works.

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 8: Uchenna Ngwe

20210104

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music both familiar and unfamiliar, with works by Dittersdorf, Britten, Miles Davis, Elgar, Bantock and Hannah Kendall. She explores a plethora of mysterious winged figures - from fleeting spirits to ravens and doves - as well as investigating a curious case of Lycian peasants transformed symphonically into frogs...

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Part 9: Uchenna Ngwe

20210111

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music both familiar and unfamiliar, with works by JS Bach, Amy Beach, Lu Wencheng and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate. Uchenna also introduces a neglected recording of Rachmaninov by the Trinidadian piano virtuoso Winifred Atwell, plus an exuberant evocation of West Africa in the hands of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande.

A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Uchenna Ngwe is a freelance oboist and researcher from Tottenham, north London. She's performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, St Paul's Sinfonia and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, and is also the artistic director of Decus Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring lesser-known classical works.

Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Seonaid Aitken

20230116

Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores six connections in music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Seonaid Aitken

20230123

Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores more connections in music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Seonaid Aitken

20230130

Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores more connections in music.

Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
Ellie Ajao	20230403	20230402 (R3)	Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. Each piece of this half-hour eclectic music sequence is linked to the previous one, through all manner of connections, some tangential, some personal, often surprising. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Ellie Ajao, a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, and a former BBC Open Music trainee. Ellie loves nothing more than talking about music and culture. Keen to make classical music accessible to people from all backgrounds, Ellie's work is centred around uncovering the wonderful music of underrepresented composers. Ellie's music choices in this first episode include pieces by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Produced by Graham Rogers
Ellie Ajao	20230410	20230409 (R3)	Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. Each piece of this half-hour eclectic music sequence is linked to the previous one, through all manner of connections, some tangential, some personal, often surprising. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Ellie Ajao, a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, and a former BBC Open Music trainee. Ellie loves nothing more than talking about music and culture. Keen to make classical music accessible to people from all backgrounds, Ellie's work is centred around uncovering the wonderful music of underrepresented composers. Ellie's music choices in this second episode include pieces by Imogen Holst, Britten, Shostakovich, Bernstein, Sondheim and Harry Burleigh. Produced by Graham Rogers
Ellie Ajao	20230417	20230416 (R3)	Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history. Each piece of this half-hour eclectic music sequence is linked to the previous one, through all manner of connections, some tangential, some personal, often surprising. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Ellie Ajao, a recent graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, and a former BBC Open Music trainee. Ellie loves nothing more than talking about music and culture. Keen to make classical music accessible to people from all backgrounds, Ellie's work is centred around uncovering the wonderful music of underrepresented composers. Ellie's music choices in this third episode include pieces by Henry Purcell, Morfydd Llwyn-Owen, Nathan James Dearden, Lili Boulanger, Robert Walker and Duke Ellington. Produced by Graham Rogers
Keelan Carew	20220328	20220327 (R3)	Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight what links jazz from the roaring 20s, a fiendishly difficult Rachmaninov piano concerto and the score to the new Batman movie? Keelan has the answers! A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people: I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path. 'I was the only musician in the house growing up, so ended up with pretty eclectic musical loves. Whether influenced by my passion for the piano and deep-dives into lost keyboard masterpieces - or my sister playing her latest finds on long car journeys, I love finding those unlikely musical connections from Bartok and Afro-beats, or Mongol voices to minimalists.' Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky and personal connections that link music through history. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Keelan Carew	20220404	20220403 (R3)	Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight Keelan plots a musical course through hypnotic music by Steve Reich, vibrant Prokofiev, a sad waltz by Sibelius and a stunning collaboration between a Bulgarian choir and Mongolian throat singers. A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people: I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path. I was the only musician in the house growing up, so ended up with pretty eclectic musical loves. Whether influenced by my passion for the piano and deep-dives into lost keyboard masterpieces - or my sister playing her latest finds on long car journeys, I love finding those unlikely musical connections from Bartok and Afro-beats, or Mongol voices to minimalists. Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Keelan Carew	20220411	20220410 (R3)	Keelan Carew finds the unlikely connections between five pieces throughout musical history. Tonight, what could big beats from Little Simz, a quirky Waltz by Britten and a Charlie Brown Christmas possibly have in common? Join Keelan to find out. A new voice for Radio 3 - Keelan is a pianist and works in musical education with young people: I think music is universal, but each of us discovers it through our own special circumstances, so Sounds Connected is a little insight into my path. I was the only musician in the house growing up, so ended up with pretty eclectic musical loves. Whether influenced by my passion for the piano and deep-dives into lost keyboard masterpieces - or my sister playing her latest finds on long car journeys, I love finding those unlikely musical connections from Bartok and Afro-beats, or Mongol voices to minimalists. Keelan Carew uncovers the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Mahaliah Edwards	20230710	20230709 (R3)	Mahaliah Edwards's connections begin with how she feels when performing J.S. Bach's music for solo violin and end with a very moving Buddhist prayer. Via the heat of a Spanish garden with Miles Davis, Mahaliah takes us to Paris where Gershwin is a tourist and Ravel is revealing his penchant for jazz. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Mahaliah Edwards. Mahaliah is a professional violinist, educator and passionate advocator for the power of music. She is an alumna of BBC Open Music, which brings creatives and musicians of all genres, styles and backgrounds from across the UK to the BBC. For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below: bbc.co.uk/openmusic Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Mahaliah Edwards	20230717	20230716 (R3)	Mahaliah Edwards's connections begin with Eric Coates who lived near where Mahaliah grew up in Nottingham. Like Coates, Mahaliah has a passion for chamber music and we hear music from the father of the string quartet, Joseph Haydn. The Montgomery Variations by the American composer Margaret Bonds leads Mahaliah to one of her favourite tracks by Snarky Puppy and Salif Keita whose rhythms make her think about the driving claves rhythm of 'Escualo' by Astor Piazzolla. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Mahaliah Edwards. Mahaliah is a professional violinist, educator and passionate advocator for the power of music. She is an alumna of BBC Open Music, which brings creatives and musicians of all genres, styles and backgrounds from across the UK to the BBC. For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below: bbc.co.uk/openmusic Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Mahaliah Edwards	20230724	20230723 (R3)	Mahaliah Edwards connections include music by Toru Takemitsu, John Dowland and Poulenc. This new series of three episodes introduces presenter Mahaliah Edwards. Mahaliah is a professional violinist, educator and passionate advocator for the power of music. She is an alumna of BBC Open Music, which brings creatives and musicians of all genres, styles and backgrounds from across the UK to the BBC. For more details about BBC Open Music follow the link below: bbc.co.uk/openmusic Mahaliah Edwards with the quirky and personal connections that link her choice of music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Miriam Skinner	20230424	20230423 (R3)	The cellist Miriam Skinner grew up in the north west, listening to Kajagoogoo. These days she plays with the BBC's oldest orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic. The Phil's just celebrated its 100th birthday, having started out all those years ago as 12 musicians playing out of Station 2ZY. Impressive. But then the story of Manchester is very much that humble beginnings can bring forth riches and that applies to its music as much as its industry. Having played music around Manchester for nearly 30 years the sounds of the city are Miriam Skinner's connective tissue. And so for this musician, the city itself connects the sounds in this programme. From the Bee Gees - listen to those bass lines - to the cellist John Foulds to the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Miriam Skinner introduces the music of the City of Dreams. Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Miriam Skinner	20230501	20230430 (R3)	Miriam Skinner plays cello in the BBC Philharmonic based in Greater Manchester. It's a city renowned for its industry, its symbol is the worker bee, which you can find everywhere on street signs, tattoos and bollards. Miriam loves the community of the shop floor, joining her 90 orchestral colleagues to manufacture great music. It's all about collaboration, but then the co-operative movement did begin in this city. For Miriam, the sounds of the city are her musical connective tissue. And in this programme she introduces us to the music of the City of Workers from Malcolm Arnold's Peterloo to Holst's Moorside Suite played by the Grimethorpe Colliery band to Joy Division and Eric Coates. Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Miriam Skinner	20230508	20230507 (R3)	Miriam Skinner's played the cello in the BBC Philharmonic for nearly 30 years. She says she's spent much of that time driving to concerts around the north west and that she could gauge her life in terms of motorway junctions as much as she could Mahler's symphonies. Her great passion is the city of Manchester - her city. And in this very personal programme she leads us through a selection of music that illustrates the magic of her city, with sometimes surprising musical links with music from Elgar, Cesar Franck, Mozart and the band James. Quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 1: Linton Stephens	20200914	20200913 (R3)	New series. Linton Stephens tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. In episode one, his obsession with space leads him to make unexpected leaps from Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata to a waltz by Ravel via 16-century dances performed by John Blanke, a black trumpet player who played for Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others. Image of Linton Stephens © Neil Shearer. Linton tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 10: Andrea Baker	20210517	20210516 (R3)	Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. In this episode, Andrea introduces German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann, who shares a connection with American opera singer Jessye Norman through his social activism. Andrea's final choice of Martinu takes us via France, Hindemith and the sounds of home'. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American-born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice. Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan. Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 11: Andrea Baker	20210524	20210523 (R3)	Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. This episode opens with the remarkable trailblazer pianist Hazel Scott and Andrea's connections range between the clarinet music of Luis Spohr, Mahler's setting of poetry in his second symphony and a musical discovery of composer Adolphus Hailstork, a former pupil of Nadia Boulanger. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American-born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice. Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 12: Andrea Baker	20210531	20210530 (R3)	Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six of her musical choices. Unforgettable experiences and musical mentors are some of the connections in this episode as Andrea shares music by one of America's renowned Black female composers Undine Smith Moore, and a discovery of Estonian composer Arvo Part during a concert in Edinburgh. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Andrea Baker is an American born Scottish mezzo-soprano and creator of Sing Sistah Sing! An award-winning one woman show celebrating the African American female voice. Image of Andrea Baker © Tommy Ga-Ken Wan . Mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker shares the intriguing connections between six musical choices. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 2: Linton Stephens	20200921	20200920 (R3)	Linton Stephens forges new connections between five more pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others. Image of Linton Stephens © Neil Shearer. Linton Stephens finds new connections between five pieces from a range of genres and eras. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 3: Linton Stephens	20200928	20200927 (R3)	Linton Stephens presents a chain of unexpected musical connections. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Linton Stephens is a bassoonist with the Chineke! Orchestra. He has also performed with the BBC Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra and Opera North, amongst many others. Image of Linton Stephens © Neil Shearer. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 4: Yshani Perinpanayagam	20201012	20201011 (R3)	New series. Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. 'I was never really introduced to music in terms of genres or categories. When I was very little, my dad made me a mix tape which I remember had Mozart, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Bohemian Rhapsody in a row. So, Sounds Connected really is my ideal playtime - a gallivant across the entire canon, stretching my leaping legs as far as I can. I love the places to which lateral thinking can take you, leading you to new discoveries, or pointing a new angle-poise at the very familiar.' A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director. Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 5: Yshani Perinpanayagam	20201019	20201018 (R3)	Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director. 'I was never really introduced to music in terms of genres or categories. When I was very little, my dad made me a mix tape which I remember had Mozart, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Bohemian Rhapsody in a row. So, Sounds Connected really is my ideal playtime - a gallivant across the entire canon, stretching my leaping legs as far as I can. I love the places to which lateral thinking can take you, leading you to new discoveries, or pointing a new angle-poise at the very familiar.' The starting point for Yshani's journey in this episode is a romantic piano piece by Fanny Mendelssohn. This programme contains racial language within a historical context. Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 6: Yshani Perinpanayagam	20201026		Yshani Perinpanayagam tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. 'I was never really introduced to music in terms of genres or categories. When I was very little, my dad made me a mix tape, which I remember had Mozart, Teddy Bear's Picnic and Bohemian Rhapsody in a row. So, Sounds Connected really is my ideal playtime - a gallivant across the entire canon, stretching my leaping legs as far as I can. I love the places to which lateral thinking can take you, leading you to new discoveries, or pointing a new angle-poise at the very familiar.' This week's journey starts with music by Mozart that Yshani used in childhood to help her feel better when she was unwell. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Yshani is a composer, pianist and music director. Yshani tracks the connections between five pieces from a range of musical genres and eras. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 7: Uchenna Ngwe	20201228		Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe explores unusual and surprising connections as she charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar. In today's episode, vocalist Sarah Vaughan lulls and teases our emotions. whilst Duke Ellington and Errollyn Wallen mischievously riff from classical to jazz and vice-versa. Meanwhile we move from one extraordinary musical life lived under a stifling societal code, to another two centuries before - as Uchenna explores the remarkable stories of Dmitri Shostakovich and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Uchenna Ngwe is a freelance oboist and researcher from Tottenham, North London. She's performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, St Paul's Sinfonia and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra among others - and is also the artistic director of Decus Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring lesser-known classical works. Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 8: Uchenna Ngwe	20210104		Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music both familiar and unfamiliar, with works by Dittersdorf, Britten, Miles Davis, Elgar, Bantock and Hannah Kendall. She explores a plethora of mysterious winged figures - from fleeting spirits to ravens and doves - as well as investigating a curious case of Lycian peasants transformed symphonically into frogs... A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Uchenna Ngwe is a freelance oboist and researcher from Tottenham, North London. She's performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, St Paul's Sinfonia and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra among others - and is also the artistic director of Decus Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring lesser-known classical works. Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Part 9: Uchenna Ngwe	20210111		Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music both familiar and unfamiliar, with works by JS Bach, Amy Beach, Lu Wencheng and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate. Uchenna also introduces a neglected recording of Rachmaninov by the Trinidadian piano virtuoso Winifred Atwell, plus an exuberant evocation of West Africa in the hands of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande. A new voice to BBC Radio 3, Uchenna Ngwe is a freelance oboist and researcher from Tottenham, north London. She's performed with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, St Paul's Sinfonia and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, and is also the artistic director of Decus Ensemble, a group dedicated to exploring lesser-known classical works. Oboist and researcher Uchenna Ngwe charts a course through music familiar and unfamiliar. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Seonaid Aitken	20230116		Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores six connections in music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Seonaid Aitken	20230123		Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores more connections in music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.
Seonaid Aitken	20230130		Gypsy jazz violinist and singer Seonaid Aitken explores more connections in music. Uncovering the quirky, peculiar and personal connections that link music through history.