Bach to the Future
Sunday 5 March 2006 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
It is clear from record sales and concert programming alone that the legacy of Early Music still resonates through the musical world today. But what of the contemporary music scene? Lucie Skeaping takes a look at the works of contemporary composers who have used Early Music pieces as their muse.
Playlist
Kurtag: Jatekok (selection)
Marta and Gyorgy Kurtag (piano)
ECM 4535112
Bach: Sarabande from 6th English Suite
Ralph Kirkpatrick, harsichord
Music and Arts Programs of America
CD976
Arvo Part: Collage sur BACH - Sarabande
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Neeme Jarvi
Chandos CHAN9134
Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Agnew/ Wilson
Metronome METCD 1011
Ades: Darknesse Visible
Thomas Ades (piano)
EMI CDZ5696992
Purcell: Abdelazer – Rondeau
The Academy of Ancient Music/ Hogwood
OISEAU LYRE 4331912
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (excerpt)
English Chamber Orchestra/ Britten
DECCA 4175092
Purcell: Fantasia on one note
Fretwork
EMI VIRGIN CLASSICS VC5450622
Knussen “…upon one note” Fantazia after Purcell
Michael Collins/ Clio Gould/ John Constable/
Christopher Van Kampen/ Paul Silverthorne
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON- POLYDOR 4495722
Max Davies: Seven In Nomine (1&2)
Aquaruis/ Nicholas Cleobury
COLINS CLASSICS 10952
