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Conductor Jonathan Berman discovers what’s hidden in music

Jonathan Berman opens up a selection of music from a conductor’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

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 Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Jul 2021 13:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Oliver Knussen

    Flourish with Fireworks

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Kyrie in D

    Choir: Ensemble Musica Nova.
    • AEON.

  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Kyrie in G

    Choir: Ensemble Musica Nova.
    • AEON.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pelléas et Mélisande (Act 3, excerpt)

    Singer: Erna Spoorenberg. Singer: Camille Maurane. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • DECCA.

  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

    Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu (pt. 4: Le cheval à Phynances et les larbins de Phynances)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Peter Hirsch.
    • WERGO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95, 'Serioso' (II. Allegretto ma non troppo)

    Ensemble: Barylli Quartet.
    • WESTMINSTER.

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ah Perdona al Primo Affetto (La Clemenza di Tito)

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Frederica von Stade. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 1 (4th mvt: Lebhaft, doch nicht zu schnell)

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.
    • ACCENTUS MUSIC.

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    Song of Reproduction

    • EMI.

  • Josquin des Prez

    El Grillo

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • ERATO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • DG.

  • Colin McPhee

    Tabuh-Tabuhan (I. Ostinatos)

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Hanson.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata in D major, HWV 371 (I. Andante)

    Performer: Joseph Szigeti. Performer: Carlo Bussotti.
    • COLUMBIA.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 3 in D minor, 'Wagner Symphony' (II. Adagio)

    Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
    • OEHMS.

  • Harry Partch

    Ring Around the Moon (phases 3 & 4)

    Narrator: Harry Partch. Ensemble: Gate 5 Ensemble. Conductor: Horace Schwartz.
    • NEW WORLD.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Falstaff (Act 3 Sc 2: Un coro e terminam la scena...Tutto nel mondo è burla)

    Performer: Tito Gobbi. Performer: Rolando Panerai. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jul 2021 13:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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