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Violinist Kinga Ujszászi with secret sonatas and symbolic semitones

Kinga Ujszászi opens up a selection of classical music from her point of view as a baroque violinist - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Violinist Kinga Ujszászi shares a playlist featuring Nordic and Hungarian folk tunes, violin sonatas which have lain undiscovered for hundreds of years, and a fortepiano concerto in the hands of Alexander Melnikov.

Kinga also finds double basses imitating chainsaws, muses on the creative possibilities offered by the form of the passacaglia, and explains why Haydn’s string quartets show that he would be a perfect dinner party guest. There’s also plenty of drama, with the epic finale of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and a peek behind some of the doors of Bluebeard’s Castle…

Plus, music that’s both French and flexible!

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

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Christoph Pepusch

    Love and Pleasures Gaily Flowing (The Spring)

    Singer: Ciara Hendrick. Ensemble: Spiritato!.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B flat, K. 361, 'Gran Partita' (I. Largo - molto allegro)

    Ensemble: Harmonie de l'Orchestre des Champs Elysees. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Manu Delago

    Trees for the Wood

    Performer: Manu Delago.
    • BANDCAMP.
  • Claudio Saracini

    Io Moro (Sospiri d'amanti)

    Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.
    • ALPHA.
  • Richard Wagner

    Götterdämmerung (Act 3, Finale)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Gasparo Visconti

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in C minor (I. Grave; II. Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Kinga Ujszászi. Performer: Tom Foster.
    • FIRST HAND.
  • Szarka Tamás

    A Csitári Hegyek Alatt (Magyar népdal feldolgozás)

    • SZARKA TAMAS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op. 76 No. 5 in D major (IV. Finale: Presto)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Bon Iver

    Woods

    • JAGJAGUWAR.
  • François Couperin

    Second Concert (I. Prélude - Gracieusement)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • François Couperin

    Second Concert (II. Allemande Fuguée - Gayement)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • François Couperin

    Second Concert (V. Echos - Tendrement)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Béla Bartók

    Bluebeard's Castle (Doors 4 & 5)

    Singer: Mihály Székely. Singer: Klara Palankay. Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: János Ferencsik.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (I. Allegro affetuoso)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Meine Freundin, du bist schön (excerpt)

    Choir: Cantus Cölln. Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Director: Konrad Junghänel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Trad.

    Old Reinlender from Sønndala

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DACAPO.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Apr 2022 13:00

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