Folk Connections; Chabrier
Tom Service presents a portrait of the composer Emmanuel Chabrier and, as part of Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, discusses the appropriation of folk tunes in classical music.
Plus Gillian Moore, Director of Music at London's Southbank Centre, takes to the Music Matters Soapbox.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Duration: 20:01
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SOAPBOX: Gillian Moore
Duration: 05:20
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Chabrier
Duration: 18:40
Soapbox: Gillian Moore
Duration: 06:09
Folk Connections: Folk and classical connections
Duration: 15:51
Chabrier
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As his comic opera L'Etoile makes a rare London stage appearance at Covent Garden, the conductor Mark Elder, baritone François le Roux and pianists Angela Hewitt and Roy Howat give their expert opinions on the life and music of the composer Emmanuel Chabrier.
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L’Etoile at the Royal Opera House
Music Matters one-to-one interview with Mark Elder
Angela Hewitt
Roy Howat
François le Roux
Opera on 3 – Chabrier’s L’Etoile will be broadcast on Saturday 20th FebruarySoapbox: Gillian Moore
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Gillian Moore, Director of Music at London's Southbank Centre, takes to the Music Matters Soapbox to air her views on the ways we describe classical music today.
Let us know what you think about the issues raised on the Soapbox – email [email protected]
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Music Matters Soapbox collection
Southbank CentreFolk Connections: Folk and classical connections
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As part of Radio 3's Folk Connections weekend, Tom Service talks to folk musician Sandra Kerr, classical music writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson, and music historian & ethnographer Philip Bohlman about the boundaries between folk and classical genres and the appropriation of folk music into classical repertoire.
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Radio 3 – Folk Connections
Sunday Feature - Folk Connections: Cecil Sharp's Appalachian Trail
Folk Connections: Voice of the PeopleCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Tom Service Interviewed Guest Angela Hewitt Interviewed Guest Sir Mark Elder Interviewed Guest Francois le Roux Interviewed Guest Roy Howat Interviewed Guest Stephen Johnson Interviewed Guest Sandra Kerr Interviewed Guest Philip Bohlman Interviewed Guest Gillian Moore Producer Janet Tuppen Broadcasts
- Sat 30 Jan 201612:15BBC Radio 3
- Mon 1 Feb 201622:00BBC Radio 3
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