Crunchy chords and heavenly harmonies with organist Rachel Mahon
Organist Rachel Mahon opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Organist and soon-to-be Director of Music at Coventry Cathedral, Rachel Mahon blends together a selection of music with a sacred slant, including pieces by Olivier Messiaen, Louis Vierne and Frank Martin.
The mood of reflection continues with a composer from over 800 years ago, Hildegard of Bingen, and with an ethereal recording of Caroline Shaw’s Plan and Elevation by the Attacca Quartet.
But don’t get too comfy, because there are also pyrotechnics from Bach, some naughty rule-breaking from Domenico Scarlatti and a lively improvised dance played by the early music group Joglaresa.
A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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Music Played
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G minor - Alla Marcia Op.23 no.5
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Louis Vierne
Kyrie from Messe Solennelle
Performer: Joseph Cullen. Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- HYPERION.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.4 - 1st movement
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- DG.
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Johann Schop
Jauchzet dem Herren
Singer: Hana BlažÃková. Ensemble: CordArte Ensemble.- PAN CLASSICS.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in A minor, Kk. 175
Performer: Nickolai Sheikov.- MUSICA OMNIA.
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Francis Poulenc
Sextet for wind quintet and piano - 2nd movement
Performer: Paul Rivinius. Ensemble: Ensemble Arabesques.- FARAO CLASSICS.
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Olivier Messiaen
L'Ascension - Alleluia sur le trompette et alleluia sur la cymbale
Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.- NAXOS.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O Victoriosissimi triumphatores
Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.- NAXOS.
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Rachel Laurin
Symphony No.1 - Prelude
Performer: Rachel Mahon.- DELPHIAN.
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Anon.
Danca: Ave Maria
Ensemble: Joglaresa.- JOGLARESA.
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Frank Martin
Mass for double choir - Agnus Dei
Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV 1048
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- SONY.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus 11 from the Art of Fugue
Performer: Philip Fournier. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.5 - 1st movement
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY.
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Caroline Shaw
Plan & Elevation (The Beech Tree)
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- NONESUCH.
Broadcast
- Sat 28 Mar 2020 13:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3