Georgian Pleasures
- Autor: Vários
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- Duración: 1:52:15
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Sinopsis
Key pieces of music from the Georgian period explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn. From BBC Radio 3
Episodios
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Haydn - The Creation
02/05/2014 Duración: 09minSuzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Haydn's 'The Creation'.
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Billings - Chester
01/05/2014 Duración: 08minSuzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn to introduce 'Chester' by William Billings.
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Oswald - The Lady's Mantle
30/04/2014 Duración: 06minSuzy Klein talks to conductor, Christian Curnyn to introduce The Lady's Mantle by James Oswald.
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Popora's Polifemo
29/04/2014 Duración: 09minNicola Porpora came to London as a rival to Handel's operatic monopoly, and engaged some of Europe's finest singers.
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Handel's Rodelinda
28/04/2014 Duración: 07minHandel was on an operatic roll in 1724 - he produced three great operas that year including 'Rodelinda', which Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss.
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Charles Avison
25/04/2014 Duración: 08minSuzy Klein and conductor Christian Curnyn discuss the Concerto Grosso and composer Charles Avison.
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The Glass Harmonica
24/04/2014 Duración: 05minBenjamin Franklin, founding father of the USA, invented it and Mozart composed an Adagio for it. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn examine the Glass Harmonica.
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Herschel the composer
23/04/2014 Duración: 06minWilliam Herschel is most famous for discovering Uranus and its moons. By day though, he was a composer with 24 symphonies to his name. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn explore the scope of his music.
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Clementi the entrepreneur
22/04/2014 Duración: 08minThe rise of immigrant musicians in Georgian England. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn look at the enterprising musicians including Muzio Clementi.
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The Music of the Pleasure Gardens
21/04/2014 Duración: 07minVauxhall Pleasure Gardens were the hub of 18th Century social life. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn delve into the music that underpinned the new-found leisure time of the Georgians.
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Mozart the Prodigy
18/04/2014 Duración: 07minThe highs and lows of the itinerant life of a prodigious youth. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Thomas Linley Jr
17/04/2014 Duración: 06minDespite drowning at the age of 22 Thomas Linley was an extraordinarily prolific composer. Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn discuss his life and works.
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William Boyce
16/04/2014 Duración: 06minSuzy Klein and Christian Curnyn explore the music of William Boyce including his unjustly neglected and "incredibly alive" first symphony.
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Why how now, Madame Flirt
15/04/2014 Duración: 05minThe Beggar's Opera by John Gay, explored by Suzy Klein and Christian Curnyn.
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Handel and the 'Conquering Hero'
14/04/2014 Duración: 07minSuzy Klein talks to conductor Christian Curnyn about Handel and his oratorio about the 'conquering hero' Judas Maccabeus.