Multi-genre musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the roots of classical and folk traditions
Rhiannon Giddens opens up a selection of music from her unique perspective - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
The Grammy Award-winning opera singer, bluegrass musician, actor and artistic director Rhiannon Giddens is impossible to pigeonhole. As a fiddler and banjo player, she founded the much-loved bluegrass band Carolina Chocolate Drops, she blends musical worlds as the new artistic director of the Silk Road Ensemble, has starred in the hit TV show Nashville and has used her Dublin-based lockdown as fuel for a new album.
In today鈥檚 Inside Music, Rhiannon celebrates excellence in American culture, from Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis performing Handel, to Steve Martin fusing banjo with orchestra and Ren茅e Fleming singing a classical American aria by Carlisle Floyd.
Rhiannon also explains why learning to sing entire Mozart symphonies is a great skill for any musician.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Catrin Finch
Listen to the Grass Grow
Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.- BENDIGEDIG.
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George Frideric Handel
Samson, HWV 57 (Act 3, 'Let the Bright Seraphim')
Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: John Nelson.- SONY.
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Francesco Turrisi
Grigio
Performer: Francesco Turrisi. Performer: Nick Roth. Performer: Kate Ellis. Performer: Zohar Fresco.- DIATRIBE RECORDINGS.
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William Grant Still
Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' (I. Moderato assai, 'Longing')
Orchestra: Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Jindong Cai.- CENTAUR.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV140 (Choral, Zion h枚rt die Wachter singen)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- DG ARCHIV.
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Hazel Scott
Idyll
Performer: Lara Downes.- PORTRAIT.
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo HWV 7, Act 2)
Music Arranger: Francesco Turrisi. Music Arranger: Josep Mar铆a Mart铆 Duran. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Bedrich Smetana
M谩 Vlast (II. The Moldau)
Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.- NAXOS.
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Carlisle Floyd
Aint it a pretty night? (Susannah, Act 1)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.- DECCA.
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Steep Canyon Rangers
Auden's Train
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Gerald Finzi
Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (I. Come Away, Come Away, Death)
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.- DG.
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Cipriano de Rore
Ancor che col partire
Performer: Doron David Sherwin. Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante.- PARADIZO.
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John Corigliano
The Red Violin (Anna's Theme; Cremona: Main Title; Death of Anna; Birth of the Red Violin)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- SONY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551, 'Jupiter' (IV. Molto allegro)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.- SONY.
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Rhiannon Giddens & Kronos Quartet
Factory Girl
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Wu Man
Green (Vincent's Tune)
Performer: Wu Man. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble. Choir: Roomful of Teeth.- SONY.
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- Sat 25 Sep 2021 13:0091热爆 Radio 3
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