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Britten's Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra

Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a course to The Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra by Britten, featuring composers inspired by the past, or exploring different sections of an orchestra

Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a course to The Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra by Britten, stopping on the way with other composers inspired by works of the past, as well as those shining a spotlight on the different members of the orchestra. Sara鈥檚 selection includes music by Imogen Holst, Thomas Tallis, Caroline Shaw and Oliver Knussen.

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Suite from Abdelazar: Rondeau

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Analekta.

  • Oliver Knussen

    A Purcell Garland: Upon One Note

    Ensemble: Berkeley Ensemble. Director: Oliver Knussen.
    • Resonus.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella: Sinfonia

    Orchestra: Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O frondens virga

    Performer: Mikayel Hakhnazaryan. Music Arranger: Missy Mazzoli. Singer: Emily D鈥橝ngelo.
    • DG.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Blueprint

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Carl Orff

    Orff-Schulwerk: Gassenhauer

    Ensemble: Studio-Ensemble. Director: Carl Orff.
    • RCA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo & II. Et in terra pax

    Ensemble: Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi. Director: Nadja Zwiener.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite: Kitty-Valse

    Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Philips.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

    Ensemble: The Kanneh鈥怣asons. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Decca.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Atlantic.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2: III Allegro Assai

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade no.10 in B flat for 13 wind instruments "Gran Partita": IV Menuetto

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • LSO Live.

  • Imogen Holst

    Suite for String Orchestra: Jig

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • NMC.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata: III Perpetuum mobile "allegro gaiement"

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • Sono Luminus.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O Nata Lux (arranged for brass)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Resonus.

  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue: II. Fugue

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Gershwin

    I loves you Porgy

    Composer: Keith Jarrett. Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.

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  • Last Sunday 13:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3