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Horn player Naomi Atherton with a carol, a cornetto and a car journey

Naomi Atherton reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, featuring a witty wind octet by Franz Krommer and a Balkan brass band.

Horn player Naomi Atherton discovers music which has made her think about her instrument in a different way, from a piece by Schumann for cello and piano to an oboe concerto by Richard Strauss.

There’s also an ancient carol which was written just down the road from where she lives, plus a piece inspired by a noisy car journey featuring jangling keys and tapping on the dashboard.

Naomi also explores the way she experiences music in textures and compares this to the colours seen by musicians with synesthesia.

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

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dopo un'orrida procella (Griselda, Act 3)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • DECCA.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio & Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Trad.

    Down in Yon Forest

    Performer: Chris Sherburn. Music Arranger: Bella Hardy. Singer: Bella Hardy.
    • NOE RECORDS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Oboe Concerto in D (I. Allegro moderato - Vivace - Tempo primo)

    Performer: Douglas Boyd. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • CORE RECORDS.
  • Alabaster dePlume

    Song of the Foundling

    Performer: Alabaster dePlume.
    • INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Sanctus; Osanna I)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Steven Mackey

    Eating Greens Part II: Loose Ends (The title is almost as long as the piece itself; Ouija (wee-gee) baby)

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
  • Franz Krommer

    Octet Partita in F major, Op. 57 (I. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 26 (V. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • LAWO.
  • Alissa Firsova

    What is the world? (Songs of the World, Op. 44, No. 3)

    Singer: Daisy Brown. Ensemble: Psappha. Conductor: Stephen Barlow.
    • NMC.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor D940

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • HYPERION.
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata a tre

    Performer: Monica Huggett. Ensemble: Sonnerie.
    • EMI.
  • György Ligeti

    Trio for violin, horn and piano (II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico)

    Performer: Marie Luise Neunecker. Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Silke Avenhaus.
    • BIS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (III. Adagio)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Fanfare Ciocarlia

    Sirba de la Lasi

    • PIRANHA RECORDS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Jan 2023 13:00

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