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Yuri Temirkanov (1938-2023)
3rd Nov 2023
The Russian conductor, known for his interpretations of orchestral repertoire by his compatriots as well as for his flair for Verdi's music, has died aged 84.
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Episode 43: Sound the trombone! Onyx Brass at 30 with Amos Miller
28th Oct 2023
As "the classiest brass ensemble in Britain" turns 30, Onyx Brass's trombonist Amos Miller looks back over three decades of brass quintet music-making, with an eye on exploring contemporary repertoire. We discuss the group's latest album, 'The sun is free to flow with the sea', and some of the works featured on it, as well as touching on questions of diversity in classical music.
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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective - Transfigured
24th Oct 2023
The chamber ensemble's Artistic Director Tom Poster talks about their new album of works from the Second Viennese School - with a selection of songs from the cruelly truncated career of Alma Mahler in pride of place.
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The Academy of Ancient Music at 50
23rd Oct 2023
As the Academy of Ancient Music celebrates its 50th anniversary season, Music Director Laurence Cummings looks back at some of his favourite recordings from the orchestra’s discography.
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Zubin Kanga - the 'cyborg pianist'
18th Oct 2023
The pianist, composer and technologist talks about his new album on NMC that uses cutting-edge equipment to push the boundaries of what the instrument (and its player) can do.
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Delyana Lazarova on the music of Dobrinka Tabakova
16th Oct 2023
The conductor talks about her new album of orchestral works by her compatriot, performed by the Hallé, and explains a little of the experience of working under Mark Elder as Assistant Conductor.
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Anders Eidsten Dahl on Mozart and the Organ
9th Oct 2023
The organist talks about his new recording of Mozart gems for the organ - relatively brief single-work sonatas written for use during church services, as well as more substantial works including two dramatic Fantasias.
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A slow-brewed Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson
6th Oct 2023
The Icelandic pianist presents the results of twenty-five years of thoughtful preparation, in a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that combines control and spontaneity, limpid gentleness and furious virtuosic energy.
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Episode 42: A Great Musical Dett - Choral Music by Black Composers with Dr Marques Garrett
23rd Sep 2023
A discussion of the OUP's recently-published collection of sacred and secular choral works by Black composers, with its editor Dr Marques Garrett - taking in Vicente Lusitano, Undine Smith Moore, R Nathaniel Dett (Dr Garrett's own particular labour of love) and more.
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Episode 42: A Great Musical Dett - Choral Music by Black Composers with Dr Marques Garrett
23rd Sep 2023
A discussion of the OUP's recently-published collection of sacred and secular choral works by Black composers, with its editor Dr Marques Garrett - taking in Vicente Lusitano, Undine Smith Moore, R Nathaniel Dett (Dr Garrett's own particular labour of love) and more.
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John-Henry Crawford on Rachmaninoff
13th Sep 2023
The cellist talks about his new album of Rachmaninoff cello works, built around the sonata in G minor and exploring the relationship between the cello's timbre and the human voice.
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Peter Maxwell Davies: A postcard from Hoy, and a farewell to Stromness
9th Sep 2023
An account of a miniature Presto Pilgrimage over the summer holiday, in search of the former home of Peter Maxwell Davies in the Orkney Islands.
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A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
8th Sep 2023
The quartet - joined by Barbara Hannigan and Bertrand Chamayou - go out on a high after nearly fifty years of music-making, with a programme of early twentieth-century works themed around journeying and longing.
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Jonathan Sells on motets by two Bachs
6th Sep 2023
The founder and director of early music collective Solomon's Knot talks about the group's new album of motets, pairing Johann Sebastian Bach's six motets with those of his ancestor and precursor Johann Christoph.
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Monteverdi's Vespers from Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion
1st Sep 2023
Raphaël Pichon and his Pygmalion ensemble offer a vivid, contrast-filled account of Monteverdi's sacred masterwork. A new benchmark recording of the Vespers? Quite possibly.
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Suzi Digby on Sanctissima
28th Aug 2023
The founder and director of the ORA Singers talks about her new album of music inspired by Vespers, and her ongoing mission to celebrate choral music from two Golden Ages centuries apart.
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Julian Perkins explores Handel's Attick
15th Aug 2023
The man BBC Radio 3 dubbed the "Indiana Jones of Early Music" talks about his new album of music for the clavichord - an instrument that most definitely doesn't belong in a museum.
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Coleridge-Taylor and Dvořák from the Takács Quartet
4th Aug 2023
The Takács Quartet present a double-bill of works from the year 1895: a youthful Coleridge-Taylor, barely into his twenties but already carving out a distinctive style, and a mature Dvořák, recently returned to his beloved Bohemia from the New World.
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Carl Davis (1936-2023)
3rd Aug 2023
The American-born, British-resident composer and conductor, known for his wide range of music for film and television, has died at the age of 86.
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Benjamin Nicholas on Orchestrated Anthems
25th Jul 2023
Merton College Choir, the Britten Sinfonia and Benjamin Nicholas present a selection of magnificent orchestrations of favourite church music.
