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Pianist Anna Tilbrook unlocks music behind emotion

Anna Tilbrook opens up a selection of classical music from her point of view as a pianist - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Today, Anna explains why a pianist鈥檚 鈥榯ouch鈥� is so important, and how you can make practising scales a lot more interesting. She also marvels at John Williams鈥檚 ability to compose so many memorable and moving melodies for the film 鈥楬arry Potter and the Philosopher鈥檚 Stone鈥� (and what it鈥檚 like to play them鈥�), and explains that when a singer performs music by Handel they really need to treat their voice as if it鈥檚 a violin.

Plus Anna reveals how she discovered the music of Robert Schumann through her love affair with the French horn that began at the age of 14.

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

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Jan 2021 13:00
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture from Candide

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Seasons - Spring No.s 4-6

    Singer: Andreas Schmidt. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.
    • WARNER.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat 'Rhenish' - 4. Feierlich and 5. Lebhaft

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Kradla jsem! from Act 2 of The Cunning Little Vixen

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • DECCA.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone

    Orchestra: London Studio Orchestra.
    • WARNER.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia No. 7 in 4 parts, June 19, 1680

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ASTREE.

  • Trad.

    Five Sheep, Four Goats

    Performer: Mads la Cour. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DA CAPO.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony - 1st movement

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Under Alter'd Skies: No. 1 Fair Ship

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: James Gilchrist.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn from L'Allegro

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Eleanor Alberga

    If the silver bird could speak

    Performer: Thalia Myers.
    • NMC.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    5 pieces for 2 violins and piano I. Prelude and V. Polka

    Performer: Christian Blackshaw. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major - third movement

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.

  • Jerome Kern

    I won't dance

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Performer: Louis Armstrong. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • UNIVERSAL.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Dona nobis pacem

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Jan 2021 13:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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