Conductor Sir Mark Elder finds ecstasy and compassion in music
Sir Mark Elder opens up a selection of classical music from a conductor鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Sir Mark Elder has been music director of the Hall茅 Orchestra since 2000, and has conducted many of the world鈥檚 leading orchestras and opera companies.
Today, Sir Mark challenges you to conduct along with Stravinsky鈥檚 Soldier鈥檚 Tale, and plays a passage from a Rossini opera that he thinks could be the starting point for a whole new Olympic discipline.
He also recommends submitting to the emotional intensity of Wagner, and muses on the impact of listening to Mahler鈥檚 Third Symphony live for the first time - hearing the delicate lines of the orchestra evaporating at the end of the second movement 鈥榣ike blowing on a dandelion鈥�.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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Andr茅 Previn
The Pleasure of your Company from The Good Companions
Performer: Original London Cast. Performer: Malcolm Rennie. Performer: Christopher Gable. Performer: Marcus Dods. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Marche Royale from Soldier's Tale Suite
Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. -
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit, Op.15 No.1
Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅. -
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Hector Berlioz
'Demain soir, mardi gras...' from Benvenuto Cellini, Act 1 Scene 3
Singer: Christiane Eda鈥怭ierre. Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Singer: Robert Massard. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. -
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Orlando Gibbons
O clap your hands together (Psalm 47)
Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Bill Ives. -
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 - II - Tempo di Menuetto
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. -
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Quintet for piano and strings in G minor, Op. 57 - III - Scherzo
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Alissa Margulis. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Mischa Maisky. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Simone Boccanegra - Excerpt from finale of Act I
Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Jos茅 van Dam. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 - 1st mvt - Allegro
Performer: Catherine Latham. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Alida Schat. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. -
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Claude Debussy
La Mer - II - Jeux de vagues
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. -
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Duke Ellington
I got it bad and that ain't good
Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio. -
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Gioachino Rossini
'La dal Gange a te primiero...' from Semiramide, Act I
Singer: Mirco Palazzi. Singer: Barry Banks. Singer: Gianluca Buratto. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. -
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Ballade No. 2 in F, Op. 38
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. -
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Prelude to Katya Kabanova
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. -
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde - End of Act I
Singer: Margaret Price. Singer: Ren茅 Kollo. -
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No毛l Coward
There are bad times just around the corner - from the 'Globe' review
Performer: No毛l Coward. Orchestra: Cafe de Paris Orchestra.
Broadcasts
- Sat 5 Sep 2020 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
- Sat 26 Jun 2021 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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