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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja with ghosts, gardens and musical magic

Patricia Kopatchinskaja reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from Schumann’s violin concerto to a Moldovan musical jam.

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s choices today include Antonio Lotti’s ten-part choral Crucifixus, a dance with death in the hands of Franz Schubert, and a piano piece by Eric Satie that reminds her of a secret garden.

Patricia also marvels at violinist Pekka Kuusisto’s interpretation of a Mozart violin concerto, shares an arrangement of a Bach cantata that helped her understand him and is wowed by the visionary genius of Edgard Varèse.

Plus, a track where Patricia plays alongside some of her musical relatives.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3

Photo credit: Marco Borggreve

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Mar 2024 13:00

Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Waltz (Coppélia, Act 1)

    Performer: Polina Leschenko.
    • ALPHA.
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO1 (II. Langsam)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.
    • AUDITE.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Teil III Parodie (Pierrot lunaire)

    Singer: Marianne Pousseur. Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, L 33 K.87

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • SONY.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus a 10

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, 'Death & the Maiden' (II. Andante con moto)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • ALPHA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus, BWV106)

    Performer: Márta Kurtág. Performer: György Kurtág.
    • ECM.
  • György Kurtág

    Játékok - Örökmozgó

    Performer: György Kurtág.
    • ECM.
  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora Staccato

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Emilia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky. Performer: Martin Gjakonovski. Music Arranger: Gyorgy Mondvay.
    • NAIVE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue (Fuga a 3 Soggetti)

    Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D, K218

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Olli Mustonen.
    • ONDINE.
  • Patricia Kopatchinskaja

    Ghiribizzi (VI. Intermezzo; V. Giocoso-Serioso; III. Nein)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt.
    • ALPHA.
  • Erik Satie

    Pieces froides (Nos. 1 & 2)

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • DECCA.
  • Edgard Varèse

    Ionisation

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B minor (I. Allegro)

    Performer: Reto Bieri.
    • ECM.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Mar 2024 13:00

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