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Multi-genre musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the roots of classical and folk traditions

Rhiannon Giddens opens up a selection of music from her unique perspective - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

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 RenΓ©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 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Sep 2021 13:00
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Music Played

  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • BENDIGEDIG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson, HWV 57 (Act 3, 'Let the Bright Seraphim')

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • SONY.

  • Francesco Turrisi

    Grigio

    Performer: Francesco Turrisi. Performer: Nick Roth. Performer: Kate Ellis. Performer: Zohar Fresco.
    • DIATRIBE RECORDINGS.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' (I. Moderato assai, 'Longing')

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Jindong Cai.
    • CENTAUR.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV140 (Choral, Zion hΓΆrt die Wachter singen)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG ARCHIV.

  • Hazel Scott

    Idyll

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • PORTRAIT.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo HWV 7, Act 2)

    Music Arranger: Francesco Turrisi. Music Arranger: Josep MarΓ­a MartΓ­ Duran. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    MΓ‘ Vlast (II. The Moldau)

    Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • NAXOS.

  • Carlisle Floyd

    Aint it a pretty night? (Susannah, Act 1)

    Singer: RenΓ©e Fleming. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • DECCA.

  • Steep Canyon Rangers

    Auden's Train

    • FANFARE CINCINNATI.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (I. Come Away, Come Away, Death)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • DG.

  • Cipriano de Rore

    Ancor che col partire

    Performer: Doron David Sherwin. Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante.
    • PARADIZO.

  • John Corigliano

    The Red Violin (Anna's Theme; Cremona: Main Title; Death of Anna; Birth of the Red Violin)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, 'Jupiter' (IV. Molto allegro)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • SONY.

  • Rhiannon Giddens & Kronos Quartet

    Factory Girl

    • NONESUCH.

  • Wu Man

    Green (Vincent's Tune)

    Performer: Wu Man. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble. Choir: Roomful of Teeth.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Sep 2021 13:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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