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Pianist Tom Poster on fresh approaches to listening

Pianist Tom Poster reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the perfect phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter, to surprising childhood favourites.

Pianist Tom Poster rediscovers music from childhood, from the moreish sound of rackets (AKA sausage bassoons), to the only fugue Tom actually likes to listen to, in Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.

Tom also explains that Fauré’s music seems like it never really begins or ends, we just step into his sound world, and Tom also plays a track from his Kaleidoscope ensemble that features a fiendishly difficult piano part.

Plus, vocal treats ranging from the smooth legato phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald, to the piercing heights of Cyndia Sieden, and the low resonant timbre of Paul Robeson.

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

A Tandem Production for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 3

Photo credit: Elena Urioste

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Miss Otis Regrets

    • VERVE.
  • Giorgio Mainerio

    Rackett, 'Caro ortolano' (Il Primo Libro di Balli, 1578)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • ERATO.
  • Edvard Grieg

    En Svane (Six Songs, Op. 25)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (excerpt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es ist vollbracht (Cantata BWV 159)

    Performer: Xenia Löffler. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 (I. Molto moderato)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Take Me to the World (Evening Primrose)

    Singer: Bernadette Peters. Singer: Mandy Patinkin. Director: Paul Gemignani.
    • CBS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat, K. 361, 'Gran Partita' (VII. Finale - molto allegro)

    Ensemble: Mark Simpson & friends. Director: Mark Simpson.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • Richard Heuberger

    Midnight Bells

    Performer: Fritz Kreisler. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Orchestra: Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles O'Connell.
    • NAXOS HISTORICAL.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    Deep River

    Performer: Harriet Wingreen. Singer: Paul Robeson.
    • EDITIONS AUDIOVISUEL BEULAH.
  • Federico Mompou

    Cançons i danses, No. 14

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • DECCA.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Faust et Hélène (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Philharmonic. Singer: Jason Howard. Singer: Bonaventura Bottone. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (I. Allegro molto vivace)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Thomas Adès

    Five Fathoms Deep (The Tempest)

    Singer: Cyndia Sieden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • WARNER.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 (2nd movement)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • DECCA.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Amelia

    Music Arranger: Vince Mendoza. Singer: Joni Mitchell. Orchestra: Session Orchestra. Conductor: Vince Mendoza.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ah perdona al primo affetto (La Clemenza di Tito)

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: István Kertész.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Nov 2022 13:00

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