75th Aldeburgh Festival: Steven Osborne and Judith Weir
Tom Service broadcasts live from the 75th Aldeburgh Festival where he talks to pianist Steven Osborne and composer Judith Weir. Plus music that captures Britten and the festival.
Tom Service brings celebrates the 75th Aldeburgh Festival live from Benjamin Britten's former home there, the Red House. He is joined by Steven Osborne, who plays exclusively on Britten's own piano, and he talks to the composer Judith Weir in The Archive, which houses Britten and Pears’ music manuscripts, papers, rare books and art collection. Tom introduces the music, sounds and places that captured Benjamin Britten's imagination, and he tells the stories of Snape Maltings and Aldeburgh since its inception in 1948.
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Tom Service talks to Sir Roger Wright about the Aldeburgh Festival in its 75th edition, and introduces an exclusive first play of a new recording of Imogen Holst’s Suite for Strings.
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Scottish pianist, Steven Osborne, plays Schubert and Judith Weir live on Britten’s own Steinway piano, in the Library at the Red House, and talks to Tom about his approach to both the piano and interpreting the music of composers like Schubert and Weir.
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Tom talks to Sophie Allen, Head of Community at Peter Pears Arts, about a new teacher training programme as part of Friday Afternoons, Britten's own programme for reaching out to young musicians both locally and nationally.
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With climate change, the landscape of Aldeburgh seems threatened, something which can be heard in Britten's music. Tom talks to Ian Rowlands of Siren Calling and the Aldeburgh-born sound artist, Lily Hunter Green, about how much can help impart the warnings of climate change.
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With Dame Judith Weir, Tom visits Christopher Hilton, the Head of Archive at the Red House, to find out about Britten's settings of Winter Words. Judith Weir also talks to Tom about her own connections to Britten's former home and how she composes.
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Benjamin Britten
Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony)
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
- Decca.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dances from The Oprichnik, TH 3
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.- Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
- Chandos.
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Lennox Berkeley
Songs of the half-light, Op.65: II. Full Moon
Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Robin Tritschler.- SIGNUM.
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Imogen Holst
Suite for Strings: IV. Jig
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.- NMC.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 38 in D major, K 504, 'Prague' (1st mvt)
Conductor: René Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Mozart: Symphonies: Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oh, when I was in love (On Wenlock Edge)
Performer: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Peter Pears. Ensemble: Zorian String Quartet.- Decca.
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Franz Schubert
Moments musicaux, D.780: II. In A-flat major
Performer: Steven Osborne. -
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Robert Schumann
Genoveva (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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John Rutter
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)
Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- John Rutter: Gloria: Polyphony/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen: Overture
Ensemble: Les Nouveaux Caractères. Conductor: Sébastien d’Hérin.- Glossa.
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Judith Weir
Chorale for Steve
Performer: Steven Osborne. -
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Hector Berlioz
Les francs-juges, Op. 3, H. 23d: Overture (Live)
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Berlioz: Works (Live).
- SWR Classic.
- 1.
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Oliver Tarney
Prayer to the Mother of God
Choir: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.- LINN.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
Conductor: Thomas Adès. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.- Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Barry: Selected Works.
- Signum Records.
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Claude Debussy
2 Romances: II. Les cloches, L. 66
Performer: Natalie Dessay. Performer: Philippe Cassard.- Warner.
- 190295712709.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Franz Liszt
La Campanella (6 Grandes études de Paganini, No 3 in G sharp minor)
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- Transcendental.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.4 in E flat major, BWV.1010 (Sarabande)
Performer: Alban Gerhardt.- Bach: Cello Suites.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Unsuk Chin
Etude no.5, Toccata
Performer: Clare Hammond.- Etude.
- BIS.
- 8.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.- Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
- Naive.
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Benjamin Britten
Winter Words, Op.52: III. Wagtail and Baby
Performer: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Peter Pears. -
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Judith Weir
Forest
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- New Music Collections, Vol. 3: Orchestral.
- NMC Recordings.
- 801.
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Nick Martin
Kołysanka [Lullaby]
Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Katherine Tinker.- Platoon.
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Benjamin Britten
Nocturne, Op.60: VIII. When most I wink, then do mine eyes see best
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Singer: Mark Padmore.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
Broadcast
- Sat 15 Jun 2024 09:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3