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Miriam Skinner

Miriam Skinner explores the quirky, peculiar and sometimes surprising connections that link the music tracks in her personal selection.

The cellist Miriam Skinner grew up in the north west, listening to Kajagoogoo. These days she plays with the 成人快手's oldest orchestra, the 成人快手 Philharmonic. The Phil's just celebrated its 100th birthday, having started out all those years ago as 12 musicians playing out of Station 2ZY. Impressive. But then the story of Manchester is very much that humble beginnings can bring forth riches and that applies to its music as much as its industry. Having played music around Manchester for nearly 30 years the sounds of the city are Miriam Skinner's connective tissue. And so for this musician, the city itself connects the sounds in this programme. From the Bee Gees - listen to those bass lines - to the cellist John Foulds to the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Miriam Skinner introduces the music of the City of Dreams.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Apr 2023 00:00

Music Played

  • Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb

    Jive Talkin'

    Performer: Bee Gees.
    • Polydor.
  • John Foulds

    Music-Pictures III Op.33 : II ColombineCity

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Classical.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Symphony No. 2 - St. Thomas Wake

    Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic.
    • Naxos.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor, Op 18 iii Allegro Scherzando

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra, John Pritchard.
    • Odeon.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Joie du Sang des Etoiles

    Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Apr 2023 00:00