Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre with a special festive playlist
Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, with a particular focus on a handful of stunning Christmas choral pieces.
Eric Whitacre鈥檚 music has been performed throughout the world by millions of musicians around the world, while his ground-breaking Virtual Choirs have united singers from over 110 different countries. In this special edition of Inside Music, Eric will be taking listeners deep into the heart of his personal classical selections, with insights and stories that conjure up a distinctive festive flavour.
Eric selects a handful of stunning Christmas choral pieces from Sarah Quartell, Benjamin Britten, Cecilia McDowall, Philip Stopford and Francis Poulenc as well as one of his own most celebrated works, Lux Aurumque. There鈥檚 also festive music from Corelli, Palestrina, Prokofiev and Florence Price, as well as upbeat numbers by Tchaikovsky, John Adams and Leonard Bernstein.
Plus, inventive and intriguing music by Caroline Shaw that relies on a collection of flower pots鈥�
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Sarah Quartel
This Endris Night
Choir: Somerville College Choir, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.- RESONUS.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Et incarnatus est (Missa Gabriel Archangelus)
Choir: Regensburger Domspatzen. Conductor: Roland B眉chner.- CAPRICCIO.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8, 'fatto per la notte di Natale' (mvmts I-III)
Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- DG ARCHIV.
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.
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Philip Stopford
Lully, Lulla, Lullay
Ensemble: VOCES8.- VOCES8 RECORDS.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Midnight sleighride (Lieutenant Kij茅, Troika)
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.- OBRASSO RECORDS.
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Samuel Barber
First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leon Botstein.- AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
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Eric Whitacre
Lux aurumque
Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- DECCA.
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Caroline Shaw
Boris Kerner
Ensemble: New Morse Code.- NEW FOCUS RECORDINGS.
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Florence Price
Song for Snow
Ensemble: VocalEssence Ensemble Singers. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- CLARION.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker Suite)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- DG.
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Anna Lapwood
O Nata Lux
Choir: Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- SIGNUM.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia in D minor, K397
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Andrew Norman
Sustain
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
Hymn to the Virgin
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- SIGNUM.
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Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for the end of time (VIII. Praise to the immortality of Jesus)
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Lucas Debargue.- SONY.
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Francis Poulenc
Hodie Christus natus est (4 Motets pour le temps de No毛l, No. 4)
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- ERATO.
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John Tavener
The Lamb
Ensemble: Tenebrae.- SIGNUM.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (mvmts VII-VIII)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Cecilia McDowall
Now May We Singen
Choir: Choir of Westminster School. Conductor: Timothy Garrard.- SIGNUM.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Dec 2023 13:0091热爆 Radio 3
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