Bach's Goldberg Variations Reimagined with Ra...

The soprano, Elsa Dreisig, has just released a new Erato album, 'Invocation'. Joined by the Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova conducted by Massimo Zanetti, it gathers together arias by Dvořák, Janáček, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Wagner, Rossini, Flotow, Peter Heise, an ...  Afficher plus

Editor Martin Cullingford is joined by Peter Whelan, the Artistic Director of the Irish Baroque Orchestra, to talk about his new recording on the Linn label of one of the great masterpieces of all choral music - Handel's Messiah. The world-famous oratorio was premiered in Dublin, ...  Afficher plus

Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world. People describe the place these pieces have in their lives, including a neuroscientist from ...  Afficher plus

This is the first variation on the Aria from Bach's famous Goldberg Variations. This set of variations on a simple Aria is one of the greatest keyboard works available. Bach demonstrates his unique capability to compose so many different styles of music within the constraints of ...  Afficher plus

Modern Classical Music Ep03 - Electroacoustic Classical CompositionsTracklist: Lucy Claire - No.1 Rituals in DustAbandoned Toys - Flickering EmbraceJohann Johannsson - Dying CityFrank Bretschneider - Stumm (Kein Worf)Bing and Ruth - Broad ChannelSamantha Bouquin - Tale for a Sunk ...  Afficher plus

Ten years ago, Rachael had a baby. She never told the father. All these years later, she thinks it’s about time she did.

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was also produced by Kalila Holt, Peter Br ...