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Composer Hannah Kendall explores the notes between the notes

Hannah Kendall opens up a selection of classical music from a composer’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Hannah Kendall has composed music for various orchestras, ensembles and choirs throughout the UK, and her new piece Tuxedo: Vasco 'de' Gama opened the 2020 live 91Èȱ¬ Proms with its world premiere. In 2015 Hannah won the Women of the Future Award for Arts and Culture.

Today Hannah explains how Mahan Esfahani’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations transformed the way she heard them, and explores the fluttery flute writing in Tania León’s Alma.

She also talks about the effect a space can have on a sound and treats us to the virtuosic tuba playing that changed her whole view of the instrument.

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

A Tandem Production for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3

Photo credit: Chris Alexander

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Anon

    Mervell's Sarabande (Wemyss manuscript)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
  • Mr. Lesslie

    A Scotts Tune (Balcarres Manuscript)

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Choir: The Choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
  • Judith Bingham

    The Spirit of Truth

    Choir: The Choir of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations - 7 & 8

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
  • Joseph Tawadros

    Slowly Wither

    Performer: James Tawadros. Performer: Veronique Serret.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A major, Op. 5

    Orchestra: Orchestre De Chambre Classique. Conductor: Bernard Thomas.
  • Samantha Fernando

    The Half Moon

    Performer: Louise McMonagle. Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. Singer: Sarah Dacey. Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum.
  • Sons of Kemet

    My Queen is Harriet Tubman

    Ensemble: Sons of Kemet.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 4 - IV - Allegro ma non troppo

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Lagrime mie

    Singer: Céline Scheen. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón.
  • Tania León

    Alma

    Performer: Colette Valentine. Performer: Marya Martin.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1 'African American' - movements 3 and 4

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
  • James McMillan

    Strathclyde Motets: Mitte Manum Tuam

    Choir: Cappella Nova. Conductor: Alan Tavener.
  • Gavin Higgins

    Diversions (after Benjamin Britten's Diversions, Op. 21): No. 4, Tocatta. His Skill

    Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Storm from 4 Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 26 Sep 2020 13:00
  • Sat 28 Aug 2021 13:00

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