Conductor Paavo J盲rvi with a playlist of grandeur and sweeping melodies
Conductor Paavo J盲rvi reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including highly atmospheric music from T玫nu K玫rvits and a famous symphony by Tchaikovsky.
Paavo J盲rvi is one of the world's great conductors and he has worked with many leading orchestras around the globe, as well as having made over a hundred recordings. In this programme he draws on his Estonian roots and chooses music by some of that country鈥檚 finest composers including T玫nu K玫rvits, Erkki-Sven T眉眉r and Arvo P盲rt.
Paavo also discusses the purity of Bruckner鈥檚 symphonic music, Oscar Peterson鈥檚 amazing piano licks, and remembers his close friend the pianist Lars Vogt.
Plus Paavo shares a favourite track by Leonard Cohen that encourages everyone to just slow down鈥�
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3
Photo credit: Kaupo Kikkas
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Jean Sibelius
Lemmink盲inen's Return (Lemmink盲inen Suite)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- DG.
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T玫nu K玫rvits
To the Moonlight: III.
Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- ALPHA.
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Robert Schumann
Of Foreign Lands and Peoples (Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1)
Performer: Radu Lupu.- DECCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Fidelio, Act 1)
Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- PENTATONE.
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John Adams
My Father Knew Charles Ives (I. Concord)
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- ALPHA.
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Niels-Henning 脴rsted Pedersen & Oscar Peterson
Old Folks (Live at Montreux, 1980)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathetique' (II. Allegro con grazia)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Erkki-Sven T眉眉r
Le poids des viens non v茅cues
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- ONDINE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C major (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Glenn Gould.- SONY.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 5 (IV. Finale. Adagio)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- RCA.
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Leonard Cohen
Slow
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C (I. Allegro maestoso)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.- AVI MUSIC.
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Arvo P盲rt
Credo
Performer: Boris Berman. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS.
Broadcast
- Sat 3 Dec 2022 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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