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Monday with Ian Skelly - Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Verdi's Va pensiero, Echo's Bones

Ian Skelly presents potential companion pieces for a popular piece of music, and conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla reveals her cultural inspirations and influences.

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1050 Each day this the conductor Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla reveals the cultural influences that have inspired and shaped her life and career.

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Mon 5 Mar 2018 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Walton

    Prelude (Richard III)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • The Walton Edition.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joaqu铆n Turina

    Escena andaluza Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.
    • Turina Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Will Gregory

    High life

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos.
    • United Colors.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 102.

  • Fr茅d茅ric d鈥橢rlanger

    Po猫me in D major for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Cliffe & Erlanger: The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 10; Philippe Graffin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D major K.285 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: William Bennett. Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio.
    • Mozart - Flute Quartets.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia Waltz arr Dohnanyi

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Music Arranger: Erno Dohnanyi.
    • Dohnanyi: Piano Music: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Triumphal symphony in E major Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel 艩ejna.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Time Traveller : Sarah Dillon on a rejection letter for Samuel Beckett

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danse infernale (The Firebird)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Russian Masterpieces: SNO, LSO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 5 in D major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'OISEAU-LYRE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    O welche Lust, in freier Luft (Fidelio)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • DG.

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Performer: Robert Quinney. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 6.

  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Spanish Serenade

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla talks to Ian about her homeland

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello concerto No 1 op 107: i. Allegretto

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Morgengruss, D 795 No 8 (Die sch枚ne M眉llerin)

    Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.
    • Jonas Kaufmann Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Hans G谩l

    Triptych, Op.100 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
    • Avie.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Nisi Dominus HWV 238

    Singer: Diana Montague. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Singer: Simon Birchall. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: Orchestra of Westminster Abbey. Director: Simon Preston.
    • Archiv.

  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.2 in F major Op.51

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Orfeo.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    March (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G major BWV.577 'A la Gigue'

    Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
    • Channel Classics.

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Mar 2018 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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