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Pianist Emmanuel Despax with a sweetly intense musical offering

Pianist Emmanuel Despax opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Pianist Emmanuel Despax is a fan of music with a big emotional pull. From Sibelius’s soaring Violin Concerto to the terror of Ligeti’s Requiem, Emmanuel’s playlist explores pieces that provoke a strong emotional reaction.

He also finds music to delight: François Couperin brings an eel to life on the harpsichord, Japanese pianist Hiromi dazzles in a Gershwin improvisation and the Beatles beam in some sunshine.

Plus Emmanuel wonders what truly makes a musical genius…

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

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Jul 202113:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in E flat, D.568 (Menuetto: Allegro - Trio)

    Performer: Ruth Nye.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (2nd mvt: Adagio di molto)

    Performer: Christian Ferras. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dominus a dextris tuis (Dixit Dominus, HWV 232)

    Singer: Sara Fulgoni. Singer: Annick Massis. Singer: Kevin McLean-Mair. Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Singer: Patrick Henckens. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Choir: Chorus of Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G (2nd mvt: Adagio assai)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in D minor, D. 810, 'Death and the Maiden' (2nd mvt: Andante con moto)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • DECCA.

  • Richard Rodgers

    The Sound of Music Fantasy

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Composer: Emmanuel Despax. Performer: Emmanuel Despax.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    "Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto" (Act 3, The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Edith Mathis. Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • DG.

  • François Couperin

    Pièces de clavecin IV, 22nd Ordre: No. 3 (L'Anguille)

    Performer: Carole Cerasi.
    • METRONOME.

  • György Ligeti

    Kyrie (Requiem)

    Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • WARNER.

  • George Gershwin

    I've got Rhythm

    Performer: Hiromi. Music Arranger: Hiromi.
    • TELARC.

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs (pt 3: Beim Schlafengehen)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • PHILIPS.

  • The Beatles

    Here Comes The Sun

    • EMI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (3rd mvt - Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo)

    Performer: Emmanuel Despax. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Jul 202113:00
    BBC Radio 3

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