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Barbara Hannigan

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan during rehearsals for her recent collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch meets soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan during rehearsals for her latest concerts as Associate Artist with the London Symphony Orchestra. It's a conversation which illuminates her approach to concert curation, music-making and live performance, as they discuss the previous evening's concert which placed music by Strauss and Haydn next to 20th century masterpieces by Gyorgy Ligeti, Claude Vivier and Luigi Nono.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio London’s Robert Elms talks about his lifetime passion for live music, from early experiences at pop and rock gigs to a love of jazz clubs and flamenco bars, as his new book "Live!: Why We Go Out" is published. The book was born out of Robert's reflections on the absence of live music-making during the pandemic, and that's also the inspiration behind "Mending Wall", a new work by pianist Stewart Goodyear, commissioned for Wigmore Hall's 'Voices of Today' series. Ahead of its premiere this weekend, in a recital which also includes Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata, Sara heads to the London venue and sits with Stewart at the piano.

Also today, Sara explores the phenomenon of large-scale light and sound shows taking place across in cathedrals across the UK, with the sculptor and artistic director of the production company Luxmuralis, Peter Walker, and Ruth Massey, a choral singer and Southwell Minster's head of fundraising.

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44 minutes

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Mon 25 Sep 2023 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Death and Transfiguration

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.

  • GyΓ¶rgy Ligeti

    Ramifications

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.

  • Claude Vivier

    Wo bist du licht!

    Performer: Fleur Barron. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 26

    Conductor: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • The Clash

    London Calling (Live At Shea Stadium)

    Performer: The Clash.
    • Live At Shea Stadium.
    • Epic.
    • 2.

  • Matthew Halsall

    When The World Was One

    Performer: Matthew Halsall. Ensemble: The Gondwana Orchestra.
    • Gondwana Records.

  • CamarΓ³n de la Isla

    Arte Y Majestad

    Performer: CamarΓ³n de la Isla.
    • Phillips.

  • David Harper

    Renaissance

    Performer: David Harper.

  • David Harper

    Space Voyage

    Performer: David Harper.

  • Stewart Goodyear

    Callaloo (Panorama)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Gershwin & Goodyear.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1.

  • Stewart Goodyear

    Mending Wall

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No.29 in Bb major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Sep 2023 11:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Mon 25 Sep 2023 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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