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Early Music Round-Up - Summer 2023
24th Jul 2023
Monumental Obrecht from Cappella Pratensis, Philips and Dering from the Choir of Gonville & Caius (gilded by the addition of In Echo's period instruments), a travelling composer's biography-in-music from La Serenissima, a thrilling Venetian 'battle of the bows' from Chouchane Siranossian and the Venice Baroque Orchestra, and more.
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Ysaÿe's six sonatas for solo violin from Hilary Hahn
21st Jul 2023
Hilary Hahn finds magic, morbidity, merrymaking and much more in a brilliant new account of Ysaÿe's six affectionate character-sketches for his violinist friends.
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Owain Park on performing and dramatising Byrd's sacred music
17th Jul 2023
The Artistic Director of The Gesualdo Six talks about the group's new anniversary-year album of Byrd, and their exciting new staged performance based around the music of Catholicism-in-hiding during England's Tudor era.
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New Release Round-Up - 14th July 2023
14th Jul 2023
Ysaÿe from Hilary Hahn, an all-horn programme from the horn section of the Munich Opera, archive recordings of Dvořák's Mass and Te Deum from the Prague Philharmonic Choir and Prague Symphony Orchestra under Václav Smetácek, and Brian Smith Walter's LGBT song-recital with Adam Johnson.
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Kirill Troussov on his EP of violin duos with Julia Fischer
11th Jul 2023
The violinist discusses his recently-released EP, pairing Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins & Piano with Prokofiev's Sonata for Two Violins.
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Episode 38: Belle de nuit – Chatting to Emmanuel Despax about 'Après un rêve'
8th Jul 2023
The pianist discusses his new album, weaving together a nocturnal theme, a deeply personal poetic connection, and the French piano repertoire of the 'belle époque'.
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Choral works by the late Kaija Saariaho
7th Jul 2023
The Helsinki Chamber Choir under Nils Schweckendiek perform choral music by Saariaho that explores a wide range of subjects – from atmospheric invocations of night and Roman mythology to the seasons of the year and spacefaring science fiction.
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Karim Sulayman on Broken Branches
5th Jul 2023
Tenor Karim Sulayman talks about his recently-released eclectic album of works for guitar and voice with Sean Shibe.
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Broken Branches
Karim Sulayman (tenor), Sean Shibe (guitar)
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William Byrd
4th Jul 2023
A selection of some of the best recent recordings of music by the giant of English early music, for the 400th anniversary of his death.
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Episode 37: Brahms In The Time Machine – Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem with Lionel Meunier
24th Jun 2023
Founder and director of early music ensemble Vox Luminis talks about his hunt for Baroque-era precursors to Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem.
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A new album of orchestral works by Florence Price from Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Chineke!
23rd Jun 2023
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Chineke! present benchmark new recordings of two major works by Florence Price – capturing both the sweep and grandeur of her large-scale movements and the lively fun of her dance-like conclusions.
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Gregorian chant-inspired contemporary choral music by Henrik Ødegaard
20th Jun 2023
The Norwegian composer talks about his new album of choral works, performed by Vox Clamantis with Jaan-Eik Tulve.
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Music By Henrik Ødegaard
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve
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Eva Zaïcik and David Haroutunian on 'Mayrig: To Armenian Mothers'
19th Jun 2023
The mezzo-soprano and violinist explore some of the themes from their recent album, based around reflections on motherhood in the Armenian classical tradition and in particular the works of Komitas and Aprikian.
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Paavo Järvi on Haydn's 'London' symphonies
14th Jun 2023
The conductor talks about his recently-launched Haydn project, his upcoming milestone with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and why "there is absolutely zero difference between Haydn and Bruckner"...
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A Grand Concert of Music by Mr Charles, the Hungarian (lately arriv'd from Paris)
9th Jun 2023
Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra recreate a performance that took place Dublin in 1742 - after the triumphant success of Messiah's premiere, an enterprising rival from overseas boldly puts on concerts featuring Handel's other works, right under his nose...
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Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
5th Jun 2023
The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has died at the age of 70 in her adoptive home of Paris.
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Kaija Saariaho: 70 Years
Gerald Finley, Wilhelmina Smith, Kaija Saariaho, John Storgårds, Pauliina Ahola, Juhani Liimatainen, Tapio Tuomela, Anu Komsi, Anssi Karttunen, Meta4, Karen Vourc'h, Ernst Kovacic, Steven Dann, Dawn Upshaw, Camilla Hoitenga, Héloïse Dautry, Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Karita Mattila, Martin Katz, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Avanti Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Hannu Lintu, Sakari Oramo, Christoph Eschenbach, Marko Letonja, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero
30th May 2023
The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.
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A new Haydn symphony series from Paavo Järvi
26th May 2023
Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie launch an exciting new Haydn project, embracing music that's peppered with moments of wry humour.
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Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero
24th May 2023
The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.
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Michael Waldron on Sword in the Soul
22nd May 2023
Conductor Michael Waldron shares some of his thoughts on Francis Grier's contemporary Passion oratorio 'Sword in the Soul', which he conducts on a new recording with the London Choral Sinfonia alongside works by Park, Bednall and Elgar.
