Classical Enigmas
Stephen Broad presents a show filled with musical mysteries, enigmas and tall tales.
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Eight mysteries buried in the music
Music and mystery go hand in hand.
7 secret codes and ciphers hidden in music
Musicians concealing secret messages in their music as old as the baroque-era.
Music Played
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 7, 'Troyte')
Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- Sir John Barbirolli.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Thomas Tallis
O Lord, in Thee is all my trust
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- Mnemosyne.
- ECM New Series.
- 2.
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
- EMI Classics.
- 15.
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Benedict Morris
Live Performance Young Trad 2019
- N/A.
- N/A.
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Benedict Morris
The Boxing Reel (live performance at Young Trad 2019)
- N/A.
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Benedict Morris
Cashen's Gap (live performance Young Trad 2019)
- N/A.
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Frédéric Chopin
Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57
Performer: Imogen Cooper.- Imogen Cooper's Chopin.
- CHANDOS.
- 9.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.- Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Dutoit.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Anon.
Greensleeves
Performer: Isaac Stern. Music Arranger: Arthur Harris. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims.- Humoresque, Favourite Violin Encores: Stern/Columbia Symphony Orch/Brieff/Katims.
- Sony Classical.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No.8 "Unfinished" 1st Mvt
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- 8 Symphonien.
- deutsche grammophon.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Beethoven: Symphony no.3 'Eroica': Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
- Telarc.
- 3.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Italia.
- Decca.
- 7.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht (Adagio)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht/Variations.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 5.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6, Romoe & Juliet Overture: Kirov Orchestra, Gergiev.
- Philips.
- 002.
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Robert Schumann
Promenade (Carnaval, Op 9)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- In the Night.
- HYPERION.
- 26.
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Robert Schumann
Eusebius (Carnaval, Op 9)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- In the Night.
- HYPERION.
- 12.
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Robert Schumann
Pantalon et Colombine (Carnaval, Op 9)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- In the Night.
- HYPERION.
- 22.
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Fritz Kreisler
Tambourin Chinois, Op 3
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: John Lenehan.- Kreisler: Violin Works/String Quartet.
- EMI.
- 3.
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Leos JanáÄek
In the Mists (1st mvt)
Performer: Rolf Hind.- Country Music.
- Factory.
- 9.
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 Jun 2017 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
- Sun 27 Aug 2017 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
- Sun 16 Jun 2019 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland except Highlands and Islands