A journey to Berlioz's overture Le Corsaire
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes to the high seas to map Berlioz's dramatic overture Le Corsaire, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and continents.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes to the high seas to map Berlioz's dramatic overture Le Corsaire. Inspired in part by Lord Byron's swash-buckling poem of the same name, Berlioz packs in romance, listing waves, unsteady feet and a dash of derring-do. Along the way, Sara explores Vivaldi's tempestuous Adriatic and Debussy's Channel at play, and stops at the French Riviera for a mid-century festival performance by Miles Davis. There's music by author James Fennimore Cooper's super-fan Schubert, along with classical music's very own chivalrous swordsman, Joseph Bologne. And there are "ahoy there my hearties" from a mutiny of pirates - courtesy of Purcell, Malcolm Arnold, and who else but Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan And Lyudmila: Ouvert眉re
Orchestra: Tonk眉nstler-Orchester. Conductor: Emmanuel Tjeknavorian.- Tonk眉nstler Orchester.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto - tempesta di mare
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes: Dawn
Performer: Anna Lapwood. Music Arranger: Anna Lapwood.- Signum.
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Nadia Boulanger
La Mer
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.- Sony Classical.
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Claude Debussy
La Mer (Jeux de Vagues)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- LSO Live.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire - overture Op.21
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Niccol貌 Paganini
Caprice No 1 in E major 'L'arpeggio': Andante
Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as.- DG.
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C茅cile Chaminade
Nice-la-belle
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.- DG.
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Miles Davis
The Theme (Live at Festival Mondial Du Jazz Antibes 1963)
- Miles in France 1963 & 1964 - Miles Davis Quintet: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8.
- Columbia/Legacy.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata No.21 in B flat (scherzo)
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- Pentatone.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire Overture
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Il Corsaro: Si de' Corsare il fulmine
Singer: Vittorio Grigolo. Singer: Danilo Rigosa. Choir: Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi.- Sony Classical.
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Henry Purcell
Incidental Music To Abdelazer: Hornpipe No. 8
Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- Musical Heritage Society.
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Johnny Pearson
Captain Pugwash theme
Performer: Brian Peters.- Silva Screen Records.
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Malcolm Arnold
Three Shanties for Wind Quintet: I (what shall we do...)
Ensemble: James Galway Wind Quintet.- RCA Red Seal.
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William Gilbert
Pour oh pour the pirate sherry鈥�
Composer: Arthur Sullivan. Singer: George Cook. Ensemble: The D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company.- Unchained Melodie.
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto no.2: II Largo
Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter.- DG.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
The Sea Hawk Suite: Freedom (finale)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- DG.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Hoquetus David
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- ECM New Series.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.- EMI.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire Overture
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
Broadcast
- Sun 19 Oct 2025 13:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 3