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Looping through time with composer and producer Gabriel Prokofiev

Gabriel Prokofiev opens up a selection of classical music from a composer and producer's point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

As a composer and producer who straddles the ever-merging worlds of classical and contemporary music, Gabriel Prokofiev brings a fresh perspective on composers who have influenced him - from his grandfather, Sergei Prokofiev, to Barbara Strozzi.

Gabriel’s choice of music today includes a piece by Ravel which is decorated by some ‘spicy’ Baroque trills, the mechanical and pulsing soundscape of Xenakis, and a piece by Schnittke which has a fragile sense of beauty.

He also plays a piece by Henry Cowell which you could mistake for modern dance music, with its loops and hypnotic repetition, until you realise it was written in the 1930s.

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

A Tandem Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prelude (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • ERATO.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concert No. 2 - 1st mvt - Allegro

    Performer: Dennis Brain. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI.
  • Jan Jelinek

    Karlheinz Stockhauzen, which difficulties are involved in conserving electronic magnetic tape?

    • FAITISCHE.
  • Henry Cowell

    Ostinato Pianissimo

    Ensemble: New Jersey Percussion Ensemble.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Piano Quintet - 5th movement

    Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Ensemble: Tale Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia in 6 parts (MB 48, No 33)

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • ERATO.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cantata "Seven, They Are Seven!"

    Singer: Leonid Repin. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Choir of the St Petersburg Conservatory. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • EXTON.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, "Quartettensatz"

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Lagrime Mei (Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 9)

    Singer: Emanuela Galli. Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei. Conductor: Paul Beier.
    • STRADIVARIUS.
  • Iannis Xenakis

    Rebonds 'B'

    Performer: Pedro Carneiro.
    • ZIG ZAG.
  • Federico Mompou

    Musica Callada, Book 1 - I - Angelico

    Performer: Federico Mompou.
    • ENSAYO.
  • Hukwe Zawose

    Twendeni Sote

    Performer: Hukwe Zawose.
    • REALWORLD.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 - 1st movement

    Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Felix Gottlieb.
    • MELODIYA.
  • Gabriel Prokofiev

    Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (Symphonic Remix) - 6th mvt - Alla Marcia

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Yaniv Segal.
    • NAXOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Gia l'ebro mio ciglio (Orlando, HWV31, Act 3)

    Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ebony Concerto

    Performer: Benny Goodman. Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Ensemble. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • SONY BMG.
  • Tansy Davies

    Hawk 2'24"

    Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • NMC.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Feb 2020 13:00

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