Conductor and bassoonist Robin O'Neill with dancing bass lines
Robin O鈥橬eill opens up a selection of music from a bassoonist and conductor鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Robin O鈥橬eill is principal bassoonist of the Philharmonia and has sat in the first bassoon chair in many other leading ensembles. He鈥檚 also a successful conductor and self-confessed JS Bach nut, and on Inside Music he appreciates how much Bach (as a bassoonist himself) gave to the instrument.
Robin also thinks about how he tries to emulate the colour, shading and intensity of the tenor voice in his bassoon playing, and describes the 鈥榤assive workout鈥� of playing in Richard Strauss鈥檚 Sinfonia Domestica.
Plus he remembers how Herbert von Karajan encouraged the European Community Youth Orchestra to play like a huge chamber orchestra in Sibelius鈥檚 Seventh Symphony.
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
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 (Overture)
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- DG.
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Grigoras Dinicu
The Lark
Orchestra: Budapest Gypsy Orchestra.- HUNGAROTON.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Kuda, kuda" (Lensky's aria) from Eugene Onegin
Singer: Sergei Lemeshev. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin.- OPERA D'ORO.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in Alium (I. Spem in Alium)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMMELL.
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Richard Strauss
Sinfonia Domestica (V. Finale)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA.
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe (V. Ich will Meine Seele tauchen)
Performer: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Peter Pears.- DECCA.
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe (VII. Ich grolle nicht)
Performer: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Peter Pears.- DECCA.
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Paul Hindemith
Kleine Kammermusik for wind quintet, Op. 24 No. 2 (I. Lustig)
Performer: London Winds.- CHANDOS.
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Aka Pygmies
Dikoba Sombe (No. 2)
- AUVIDIS.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103, 'Drumroll' (IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem (2h. Ingemisco)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations (Variations VIII - XI)
Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.- TELARC.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7, Op. 105 (I. Adagio)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium
Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.- OEHMS.
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Giuseppe Di Stefano
Torna a Surriento
- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (II. Andante)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- SIGNUM.
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