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Flute player Katy Bircher with musical transcendence

Flute player Katy Bircher reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from a lilting lullaby to a fantastical French opera.

Katy Bircher is a flute player who specialises in historical instruments. She plays with ensembles such as the Dunedin Consort, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Gabrieli Consort and Players and La Serenissima.

Today, Katy explains why she fell in love with the world of early French music, and reveals the wondrous possibilities of the clavichord in the hands of Carole Cerasi. She also muses on her love of the mellow tones of the viola, and plays a lullaby that shows what intimate music making is all about.

Plus, a piece which is, according to Katy, completely perfect鈥

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

A Tandem Production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ehre sel dir, gott, Gesungen (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • LINN.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat (IV. Allegretto grazioso - un poco pi霉 presto)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • ECM.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Tonight - Quintet (West Side Story)

    Singer: Betty Wand. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Singer: Johnny Green. Singer: Marni Nixon. Orchestra: "West Side Story" Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K. 364 (I. Allegro maestoso)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Pinchas Zukerman. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • DG.
  • Jacobus Gallus

    Ecce quomodo moritur

    Choir: Glasgow University Chapel Choir. Conductor: James Grossmith.
    • LINN.
  • Michel de la Barre

    Suite No. 2 in G major (IV. Sarabande; V. Allemande)

    Performer: Stephen Preston. Performer: Hopkinson Smith. Performer: Blandine Verlet. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • ASTREE AUVIDIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    'And God Said: Let the Earth Bring forth the Living Creature' (The Creation: Sixth Day)

    Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Joseph Haydn

    'Straight opening her fertile womb' (The Creation: Sixth Day)

    Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Joseph Haydn

    'Now heaven in fullest glory shines' (The Creation: Sixth Day)

    Singer: Neal Davies. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG ARCHIV.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in E minor, Wq. 62 / 6 (I. Allegro)

    • METRONOME.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 (II. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER.
  • Anonymous c. 1700

    Mareta No'm Faces Plorar

    Performer: Arianna Savall. Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphonies for Wind Instruments

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Sym

    Yellow Road

    • TAITH RECORDS.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Entr茅e de Polymnie & Contradanse (Les Boreades, Act 4)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Tom Johnson

    Failing: a very difficult piece for string bass

    Performer: Robert Black.
    • NEW WORLD.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Nicolas and the Pickled Boys (Saint Nicolas)

    Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Choir: Sawston Village College Choir. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Aug 2022 13:00

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