with Sakari Oramo
Conductor Sakari Oramo opens a window into the art of attentive listening. Today, Sakari explores how listening over time can influence our relationship with the music we hear.
Ahead of this year's Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms, Sakari Oramo, chief conductor of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra, opens a window into the art - and the joy - of attentive listening. Today, Sakari explores how listening over time can influence our relationship with the music that we hear.
He'll explain how he deals with the vast amount of music he works with, how nostalgia can affect how we experience music, and muses on whether we should try to train ourselves to listen better.
Also, Sakari explains the importance of occasionally listening to music we don't at first like and the joy of listening with an open mind.
Presenter: Sakari Oramo
Producer: Sam Phillips
A Tandem Production for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
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Music Played
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.- DG.
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Franz Liszt
Faust Symphony (excerpt)
Singer: Airam Hernández. Choir: Landesjugendchor Thüringen. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar.- AUDITE.
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Robert Schumann
Fantasiestucke, Op 12 (6th mvt, 'Fabel')
Performer: Liisa Pohjola.- ALBA.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht (excerpt)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- SONY.
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Karol Szymanowski
Songs of a Fairytale Princess (No 6, 'The Feast')
Performer: Reinild Mees. Singer: Iwona Sobotka.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Karol Szymanowski
Songs of a Fairytale Princess (No 6, 'The Feast')
Singer: Anu Komsi. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Symphony Orchestra. -
AntonÃn Dvořák
Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)
Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- DECCA.
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Richard Strauss
Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments in E flat major, Op 7 (excerpt)
Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.- WARNER.
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Thomas Adès
Asyla (2nd mvt: excerpt)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- WARNER.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt: excerpt)
Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.- ONDINE.
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