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Organist and Conductor Wayne Marshall on Parties and Practising

Organist and conductor Wayne Marshall opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Organist and conductor Wayne Marshall begins today’s programme with pieces inspired by southern Europe. There’s a Portuguese organ, Respighi depicting Rome, piano music inspired by Bizet’s Carmen, and Ravel revealing his Spanish voice. Wayne then explores several elements of performance which are important to him, including finding humour, taking risks, and not being afraid of playing a wrong note.

Wayne also plays a recording of an organ he thinks is the best in the world. And he wonders how he would have discovered jazz, if his practising hadn’t been interrupted by a party...

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

Photo by Edgar Brambis

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • George Baker

    Evocation 2

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • BASE MUSIC SKU.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Pines of Rome - 3rd movement: The Pines of the Janiculum

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • DECCA.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem - Offertorio

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Shaw.
    • TELARC.
  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Carmen Variations

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • LIVE RX 1968 Carnegie Hall.
  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 2 in E flat major - II. Allegretto con variazioni, einfach

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • DG.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L'heure Espagnole, M. 52 - Un financier... et un poete

    Performer: Kimberly Barber. Performer: Georges Gautier. Performer: Kurt Ollmann. Performer: David Wilson‐Johnson. Performer: John Mark Ainsley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DG.
  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • MOTOWN.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14 - 4th mvt "March au Supplice"

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Concert Paraphrase of The Song of the Soliders of the Sea

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem - Lux Aeterna VII

    Performer: Marie-Madeleine Duruflé. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Choir: Ensemble vocal Philippe Caillard. Choir: Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat. Conductor: Maurice Duruflé. Conductor: Maurice Duruflé. Conductor: Maurice Duruflé.
    • APEX.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Warriors

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • CALA.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus - No. 10 Regard de l'esprit de joie

    Performer: Michel Béroff.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Al Jarreau

    Why do the nations so furiously rage?

    • WARNER ALLIANCE.
  • Yves Castagnet

    Salve Regina Mass - Sanctus

    Performer: Yves Castagnet. Performer: Olivier Latry. Choir: Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris. Conductor: Lionel Sow.
    • EDITIONS HORUS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Apr 2021 13:00

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