Viola da gamba player Liam Byrne explores musical lilt, groove and elegance
Liam Byrne opens up a selection of classical music from a viola da gamba player’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Liam Byrne plays the viola da gamba as both a soloist and with a variety of musical ensembles and artists including the Dunedin Consort, Fretwork, and Crash Ensemble.
In this programme Liam discovers the many contrasting worlds that can be created on a keyboard: from how the organ can be seen as the very first synthesiser to the glory of an actual synthesiser played by Wendy Carlos, and a microtonal piece played on a midi piano.
He also reveals why playing romantic music with brisk efficiency is so effective, and discovers strange and wonderful instruments - from Harry Partch’s diamond marimba and cloud chamber bowls, to Machaut played on a consort of daxophones.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
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John Blow
Morlake Ground
Performer: Timothy Roberts.- HYPERION.
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Michael Nyman
Wheelbarrow Walk
Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.- ARGO.
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Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger
Toccata arpeggiata and Canario
Performer: Jonas Nordberg.- BIS.
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Chris P. Thompson
Splitting
Performer: Chris P. Thompson.Composer and Performer: Chris P. Thompson
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker - Pas de deux: the prince and the sugar-plum fairy
Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.- PENTATONE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt (BWV 688)
Performer: James McVinnie.- PATREON.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major, K531
Performer: Wendy Carlos.- COLUMBIA.
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Alexander Agricola
Tandernaken
Performer: Karl-Ernst Schröder. Performer: Crawford Young.- GLOSSA.
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Harry Partch
Ulysses at the Edge of the World (A Minor Adventure in Rhythm)
Performer: Daniel Aaron Rosenbloom. Performer: Ulrich Krieger.- BRIDGE.
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Valgeir Sigurðsson
A Strong Grasp (from The County)
Performer: Ólafur Björn Ólafsson. Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Óskar Guðjónsson. Performer: Francesco Fabris. Performer: Valgeir Sigurðsson.- BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherezade - I - The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
Performer: Steven Staryk. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- WARNER.
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Shivkumar Sharma
Raga Charukeshi
- MUSIC TODAY.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Solage
Fumeux Fume par Fumée
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Ma fin est mon commencement
Ensemble: Daxophone Consort.- Private Recording.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 - movement 3
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- DECCA.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Lamento della Ninfa
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- NAIVE.
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Joanna Newsom
You will not take my heart alive
- DRAG CITY RECORDS.
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Steve Reich
Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint
Performer: Mika Stoltzman. Music Arranger: Mika Stoltzman.- NONESUCH.
Broadcast
- Sat 3 Oct 2020 13:00BBC Radio 3
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