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Soprano Elizabeth Watts with a musical mix of blend and bite

Soprano Elizabeth Watts reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the vocal qualities of pianist Paul Lewis to the similarities between Bach and hard rock.

Elizabeth Watts is firmly established as one Britain’s leading sopranos and in this edition of Inside Music she brings some of her favourite vocal works to the studio. There’s choral beauty from Tenebrae, Trinity College Choir and The Hilliard Ensemble, as well as solo artists ranging from Gundula Janowitz all the way to Harry Connick Jr.

Elizabeth is also dazzled by the verve and vibrancy of Nigel Kennedy playing Bach, enjoys listening to the beauty of nature expressed in music by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara and wonders how anyone can fail to be wowed by virtuosic tuba playing.

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: Marco Borggreve

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Carry her over the water

    Choir: Trinity College Choir. Conductor: Richard Marlow.
    • GRIFFIN.
  • John Rutter

    Gloria (I. Allegro vivace, 'Gloria in excelsis Deo')

    Performer: Christopher Betts. Choir: Sheffield Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Harlequin Brass.
    • NPC RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E BWV 1042 (III. Allegro assai)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • WARNER.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus (II. Melankolia)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • NAXOS.
  • VítÄ›zslava Kaprálová

    Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 7 (I. Allegro entusiastico)

    Performer: Alice Rajnhova. Orchestra: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic. Conductor: Tomáš Hanus.
    • CZECH RADIO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 136 (Auf Meinen Lieben Gott)

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV4, 'Christ Lag in Todesbanden' (II. Den Tod)

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 in D minor for violin, BWV 1004 (I. Allemande)

    Performer: Christoph Poppen.
    • ECM.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • GEFFEN.
  • Edward Marsh

    Pat le Facteur

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • ALTO.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes (III. Moonlight; IV. Storm)

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.
  • Harry Connick, Jr.

    The Lonely Goatherd

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Herbert Howells

    Like as the Hart

    Performer: James Sherlock. Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Franz Schubert

    Four Impromptus, Op. 90 D. 899 (III. Andante)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Con voce festiva

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Laurence Cummings.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    'Se geloso è il mio core' (Endimione e Cintia)

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Laurence Cummings.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • F.Y.A.H.

    Candace of Meroe

    • GEARBOX.
  • Richard Strauss

    Spring (4 Last Songs, No. 1)

    Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Violins in tromba marina in C, RV558 (I. Allegro molto)

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • ERATO.
  • Edward Elgar

    'And when he had spoken these things' (The Apostles, Pt. 2 Sc. 4)

    Singer: Alison Hargan. Singer: Alfreda Hodgson. Singer: David Rendall. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

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  • Sat 30 Dec 2023 13:00

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