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Conductor Nicholas Collon explores his musical obsessions

Conductor Nicholas Collon opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Today, conductor Nicholas Collon discovers how when Joseph Haydn breaks the rules he produces his most endearing music, and describes just how Maurice Ravel skilfully manages to deconstruct the Viennese Waltz.
His choices range from an emotionally pivotal moment in Bach's B minor Mass, to a piano piece on which he had a teenage crush, plus a madcap movement by John Adams played by Nicholas's own Aurora Orchestra.

At 2 o'clock Nicholas reveals his Must Listen piece - a rarity from 1871 that he'd like to introduce to everyone.

A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 91热爆 Radio 3.

1 hour, 58 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Jun 2019 13:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni - end of Act 1 finale

    Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Ensemble: Music Aeterna.
    • SONY.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Etude Op.4 No.3 - Andante in modo d'una canzone (con dolore)

    Performer: Dennis Lee.
    • HELIOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.3

    Director: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger - Prelude

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Alceste 1674 - Loure pour les pecheurs

    Director: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 22.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La valse

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • WARNER.
  • Charles Wood

    Hail gladdening light

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.
    • Light of the Spirit.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 10.
  • Marie Ja毛ll

    Feuillet d'Album (1871)

    Performer: Cora Irson.
    • Querstand.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony 92 ('Oxford') - 2nd movement 'Adagio'

    Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.6, 10, 14, and 15

    Performer: Nadia Boulanger. Performer: Dinu Lipatti.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.10 in G major

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.14 in G sharp minor

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes for piano duet Op.39 - No.15 in A flat major

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti. Performer: Nadia Boulanger.
    • EMI.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio Op.85 - last scene

    Conductor: Karl B枚hm. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Hoyt S. Curtin

    Flintstones

    Performer: Jacob Collier. Music Arranger: Jacob Collier.
    • In my room.
    • MEMBRAN.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano quartet in C minor Op.15 - Adagio

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Jamie Laredo. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Confiteor and Et expecto

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort and Players. Director: John Butt.
    • LYNN.
  • John Adams

    Chamber Symphony - 3rd movement finale 'Roadrunner'

    Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Roadtrip.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 4.
  • [traditional]

    The Twa Corbies

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • AVIE.

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