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Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet with musical mystery and perfection

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the pure lyricism of a Mozart aria, to the square angles of an Albéric Magnard wind quintet.

Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet reveals pianists who have inspired him, from Dmitry Shishkin to Sviatoslav Richter and Zoltan Kocsis, and remembers how conductor Georg Solti encouraged him to combine ‘in time’ playing with freedom of expression.

He also finds the positive side of internet rabbit holes in his discovery of new young musicians to work with, and explains how the music of Beethoven is defined by rhythm rather than melody.

Plus, a track which takes Jean-Efflam back to when he was a drummer in a fusion jazz band in the ‘80s...

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

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Paganini Rapsodie (Variation XXIV)

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov. Orchestra: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
  • Albéric Magnard

    Wind Quintet, Op. 8 (I. Sombre)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Madrigali Libro Sesto: Beltà, poi che t'assenti

    Ensemble: La Compagnia del Madrigale.
  • Jacob Collier

    You and I

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor (II. Presto)

    Performer: Dmitry Shishkin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Lisa della Casa. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni (Overture)

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
  • Elmo Hope

    De-Dah

    Ensemble: Tigran Hamasyan & band.
  • Traditional Romanian

    A kilenc csodaszarvas (The Nine Enchanted Stags)

    Librettist: Béla Bartók. Narrator: Béla Bartók.
  • Béla Bartók

    Cantata Profana, BB100, 'The Nine Enchanted Stags' (excerpt)

    Singer: Alexandru Agache. Singer: Tamás Daróczy. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Choir: Hungarian Radio & Television Choir. Conductor: Georg Solti.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 (III. Rondo)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
  • Bruno Mantovani

    Concerto for two altos (extract)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
  • Yellowjackets

    Sightseeing

  • Richard Wagner

    Elegie, WWV93

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, book 1)

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F minor (IV. Allegro con fuoco)

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 23 Apr 2022 13:00
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