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Mark Simpson's Geysir and Mozart's Gran Partita for Winds
4th Dec 2020
Mark Simpson leads an ensemble in radiant performances of two works for wind instruments: his own composition, Geysir, alongside Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Mark Simpson on Mozart and 'Geysir'
16th Nov 2020
The British composer and clarinettist talks about his exciting new work Geysir, conceived as a musical response to Mozart's Gran Partita.
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Simpson: Geysir and Mozart: Gran Partita
Mark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Fielding (oboe), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), Oliver Pashley, Ausias Garrigos Morant (basset horns), Ben Goldscheider, Angela Barnes, James Pillai, Fabian van de Geest (horn), David Stark (double bass)
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Jack Liebeck on Brahms and Schoenberg
22nd Apr 2020
The violinist talks to Katherine about his BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month, which was inspired in part by the memory of his grandfather Walter Liebeck - an accomplished amateur violinist and German emigré.
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Introducing Andrei Ioniță
27th Mar 2019
The Romanian cellist talks to Katherine about his debut solo album Oblique Strategies, which includes the world premiere recording of Brett Dean's Brian Eno-inspired work of the same name as well as music by JS Bach, Kodály and Svante Henryson.
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Guy Johnston and Tom Poster on Themes and Variations
27th Feb 2019
Cello and piano duo Guy Johnston and Tom Poster talk to David about their new album celebrating twenty years of music-making together.
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Themes and Variations
Guy Johnston (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
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Louise Alder on Strauss Lieder
24th Aug 2017
The award-winning young British soprano talks to us about her debut solo recording, 'Through Life and Love', out now on Orchid Classics.
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Edna Stern on the piano works of Hélène de Nervo de Montgeroult
8th Mar 2017
David talks to the Belgian-Israeli pianist about the fascinating music of a musical innovator writing during turbulent times in France.
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Wonderland, a new collaborative work by 13 contemporary composers
19th Dec 2016
David talks to violinist Matthew Trusler about this new suite based on Lewis Carroll's most famous novel.
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Beethoven Symphonies from Lan Shui and the Copenhagen Philharmonic
1st Oct 2016
David talks to the Copenhagen Philharmonic's Uffe Savery about the orchestra's second volume of Beethoven symphonies under Lan Shui, which comprises Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8.
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies Vol. 2
Copenhagen Phil, Lan Shui
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Veit Hertenstein
17th Sep 2016
David talks to the German viola-player about his new disc of Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
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William Howard on Sixteen Love Songs
14th Jun 2016
David talks to the pianist about his new album of love-songs and Lieder transcriptions for piano.
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Sixteen Love Songs for piano
William Howard (piano)
