Cellist Laura van der Heijden finds bittersweet intensity in music
Laura van der Heijden opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a cellist鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Since winning 麻豆官网首页入口 Young Musician in 2012, cellist Laura van der Heijen has successfully juggled professional performing with her academic studies. She has just graduated from St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge and in today鈥檚 edition of Inside Music she talks about a highlight of her Cambridge years - putting on a performance of Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion.
Laura also finds music by Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss that has in the past assuaged her teenage angst, and a concerto by Telemann that鈥檚 been pepped up with the addition of the Hungarian cimbalom.
Raw vocal expression is another necessity for Laura, as she chooses recordings by singers Fritz Wunderlich, Ella Fitzgerald and Allan Clayton.
At two o鈥檆lock Laura鈥檚 Must Listen piece mixes cello, violin and orchestra and a sense of timelessness.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Dardanus - scene 2 - Prologue
Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- SONY.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op.42 No.3
Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Nina Musinyan.- DOREMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Piece d'Orgue in G major BWV 572 a 6
Ensemble: Fretwork.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in F RV293 'The Seasons' - 'Autumn' movements 2-3
Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Nicholas McGegan.- CLASSIC FM.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rusalka - Act I - Song to the Moon
Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Muncher Rundfunkorchester.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento for Violin, Viola, and Cello in E flat K.563 - 1.Allegro
Ensemble: Grumiaux Trio.- PHILIPS.
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Richard Strauss
Befreit Op.39 No.4
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in A major Op.20 No.6 - II. Allegro
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- BIS.
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Richard Rodgers
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart. Singer: C茅cile McLorin Salvant.- MACK AVENUE RECORDS.
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Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor - movements 2-3
Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- MERCURY.
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe Op.48 - 12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
Performer: Hubert Giesen. Singer: Fritz Wunderlich.- DG.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba & orchestra - movements 1-3
Performer: Dorothee Oberlinger. Performer: Mayumi Hirasaki. Performer: Marcel Comendant. Director: Vittorio Ghielmi. Orchestra: Il Suonar Parlante.- PASSACAILLE.
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Benjamin Britten
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo: Sonnetto XXX
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Allan Clayton.- ONYX.
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Fabian Andr茅
Dream a little dream of me
Composer: Wilbur Schwandt. Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Singer: Louis Armstrong.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion BWV 245 Part I - Chorale: Herr, unser Herrscher
Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SOLIO DEO GLORIA.
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Dimitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.10 - movement 2
Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
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- Sat 27 Jul 2019 13:00麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3
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