Viola player Paul Cassidy with musical dreams and legends
Viola player with the Brodsky Quartet Paul Cassidy reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a dream from Debussy and a miracle from Isidora Zebeljan.
Paul Cassidy has been playing viola in the Brodsky Quartet his entire working life. It鈥檚 a truly 鈥榠nside鈥� position which gives him special insight into his musical choices today. He explores the crossover between fugues and riffs with tracks by Nina Simone and the Arctic Monkeys; he delves into the traditional energy of dances by Taraf de Ha茂douks and Stravinsky, and he鈥檚 blown away by the skill and virtuosity of accordionist Alexander Hrustevish playing Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto - both the orchestral and solo parts!
Plus, Elvis Costello鈥檚 take on A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream and Paganini played by (according to Paul) the greatest viola player of all time.
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
Photo credit: Sarah Cresswell
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Poh谩dka (I. Con moto)
Performer: Jacqueline Thomas. Performer: Martin Cousin.- DECCA.
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Sapo Perapaskero
Turceasca
Ensemble: Taraf de Ha茂douks.- RHINO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 (III. Largo; IV. Finale)
Composer: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- CHANDOS.
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Cole Porter
You'd Be So Nice To Come 蜜芽传媒 To
Performer: Nina Simone. Performer: Al Schackman. Performer: Chris White. Performer: Bobby Hamilton. Music Arranger: Nina Simone.- RHINO.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird (excerpt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- DECCA.
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Arctic Monkeys
Do I Wanna Know?
- DOMINO.
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Benjamin Britten
Noye, Noye, Take Thou Thy Company; Sir! Heare Are Lions (Noye's Fludde)
Narrator: Richard Pasco. Singer: Donald Maxwell. Choir: Schoolchildren from Salisbury & Chester. Ensemble: Coull Quartet. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- DE VIRGIN.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto (III. Finale)
Performer: Alexander Hrustevich. Music Arranger: Alexander Hrustevich.- HRUSTEVICH STUDIO.
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Osvaldo Golijov
Una Madre Comi贸 Asado
Singer: Dawn Upshaw.- DG.
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Osvaldo Golijov
Tancas Serradas a Muru
Ensemble: Dawn Upshaw & ensemble.- DG.
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Robert Davidson
Not Now! Not Ever! (Julia Gillard)
Ensemble: The Australian Voices. Ensemble: Topology.- SERRATED RECORDS.
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Elvis Costello
Prelude; Overture; Puck One
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- DG.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Caprice No. 5
Performer: William Primrose.- NAXOS.
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Claude Debussy
R锚verie, L. 68
Performer: Lang Lang.- DG.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Kto 茅to, kto, kto stuchit?; Ya Poyd霉...Proshch谩 (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act 1)
Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Singer: Dimiter Petkov. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 59, 'Rasumovsky' (IV. Finale)
Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- DECCA.
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Isidora 沤ebeljan
The Miracle in Shargan - 2
Performer: Borislav Cicovacki. Performer: Isidora 沤ebeljan.- OBOE CLASSICS.
Broadcast
- Sat 1 Apr 2023 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3
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