EPISODE · Jul 9, 2022 · 30 MIN
Jess Gillam with... Max Ruisi
from This Classical Life · host BBC Radio 3
Jess's guest this week is the cellist Max Ruisi, artistic director of the 12 Ensemble, a "revolutionary string orchestra". They meet in the TCL studio for a listening party including a beautiful lament by Monteverdi, a bird-themed string quartet by Haydn, mesmerising music for solo oboe by Britten, and tracks from Cosmo Sheldrake and Herbie Hancock.Playlist: Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3; 1st mvt (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado) Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa (Anna Prohaska, Arcangelo) Bartok - 6 Romanian Dances (Avi Avital, Pottsdam Chamber Academy) Elena Tonra (arr. Josephine Stephenson) - The Dazzler (Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble) Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op.33 No.3 “The Bird”; 3rd mvt (London Haydn Quartet) Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along (from The Much Much How How and I) Britten - 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid (Francois Leleux, oboe) Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance (from Dedication)
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Jess's guest this week is the cellist Max Ruisi, artistic director of the 12 Ensemble, a "revolutionary string orchestra". They meet in the TCL studio for a listening party including a beautiful lament by Monteverdi, a bird-themed string quartet by Haydn, mesmerising music for solo oboe by Britten, and tracks from Cosmo Sheldrake and Herbie Hancock.Playlist: Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3; 1st mvt (Martha Argerich, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado) Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa (Anna Prohaska, Arcangelo) Bartok - 6 Romanian Dances (Avi Avital, Pottsdam Chamber Academy) Elena Tonra (arr. Josephine Stephenson) - The Dazzler (Ex:Re, Josephine Stephenson, 12 Ensemble) Haydn - String Quartet in C major Op.33 No.3 “The Bird”; 3rd mvt (London Haydn Quartet) Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along (from The Much Much How How and I) Britten - 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid (Francois Leleux, oboe) Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance (from Dedication)
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