Conductor Ben Gernon with striking musical pictures and a touch of Star Wars
Ben Gernon opens up a selection of classical music from his point of view as a conductor - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
In a varied two hours of music conductor Ben Gernon enjoys one of Rachmaninov鈥檚 most luscious (borrowed) melodies and explains how he discovered the musical key that unlocked a piece by William Walton. He also finds Giacomo Puccini vividly describing falling in love, and Richard Strauss painting an orchestral picture that Ben can only describe as depraved...
Plus there鈥檚 vitality from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and a piece that goes Plink, Plank, Plunk.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 91热爆 Radio 3
Photo by Kirsty Thompson
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Igor Stravinsky
Feu d'artifice, Op. 4
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Johann Joseph Fux
Overture in D major
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- CARUS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- WARNER.
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Giacomo Puccini
Vogliatemi Bene from Madame Butterfly
Performer: Angela Gheorghiu. Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Enkelejda Shkosa. Performer: Fabio Capitanucci. Performer: Gregory Bonfatti. Performer: Raymond Aceto. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecillia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- WARNER.
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Thomas Morley
Now is the month of Maying
Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.- MOSS MUSIC GROUP.
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William Walton
Symphony No. 1 - 1st movement
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO LIVE.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in A flat, Op. 142
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 - Finale
Orchestra: Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecillia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - II - Wie sich ein Vater erbarmet - Gott, nimm dich ferner unser an
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Claude Debussy
La Mer - III - Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- LSOLIVE.
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Richard Strauss
Elektra, Op. 58 - "Wo bleibt Elektra"
Performer: Ekaterina Popova. Performer: Olga Legkova. Performer: Ekaterina Sergeeva. Performer: Lia Shevtsova. Performer: Tatiana Kravtsova. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- LSO LIVE.
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John Williams
The Imperial March
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Se branmete d'amar, chi vi sdegna from Serse, HWV 40
Singer: Franco Fagioli. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Ensemble: Cantica Symphonia. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.- DG.
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Leroy Anderson
Plink, Plank, Plunk
Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- NAXOS.
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Frank Zappa
G Spot Tornado
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern.- Rykodisc.
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- Sat 25 Jul 2020 13:0091热爆 Radio 3
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