with Sakari Oramo
Conductor Sakari Oramo opens a window into the art of attentive listening. Today, Sakari explores the act of listening itself - what do we actually hear when we listen to music?
Ahead of this year's BBC Proms, Sakari Oramo, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra opens a window into the art - and the joy - of attentive listening. Today, Sakari explores the act of listening itself - what are we doing when we listen to music and what do we actually hear?
He'll also explore how our preconceptions about a piece of music or a composer might influence our listening experience, how different interpretations of the same piece can unlock new ways of listening, and gives his own opinion on how we should prepare ourselves to listen to music we have never heard before.
Presenter: Sakari Oramo
Producer: Sam Phillips
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43 (1st mvt: excerpt)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- WARNER.
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Mark‐Anthony Turnage
Blood on the Floor (Cut Up)
Conductor: Peter Rundel. Ensemble: Ensemble Modern.- DECCA.
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms, K52 (3rd mvt, 'Alleluia, laudate Dominum', Psalm 150: excerpt)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- DG.
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György Ligeti
Musica ricercata (7th mvt)
Performer: Liisa Pohjola.- ALBA.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 43 (3rd mvt & 4th mvt)
Conductor: Pierre Monteux. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- UNIVERSAL.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt: excerpt)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt: excerpt)
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.- SWR.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg variations, BWV 988 (Aria)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria, arr for harp)
Performer: Parker Ramsay.- KINGS COLLEGE.
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Gustav Mahler
Rückert Lieder (Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen)
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Conductor: Bruno Walter. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.- DECCA.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 8 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)
Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- UNIVERSAL.
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