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Rossini's Thieving Magpie

Sara Mohr-Pietsch collects the musical gems that connect to the overture La Gazza Ladra, including Handel's thundering drums and The Unthanks' folkloric magpie.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch collects the musical gems that connect to the overture La Gazza Ladra - the Thieving Magpie - including Handel's thundering drums and The Unthanks' folkloric bird. There's also a peep at Mozart's percussive technique for strings, and underhand shenanigans with a soundtrack by Michael Nyman and Louis Armstrong's Mack the Knife.

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Sunday13:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: Ia. Overture (Adagio)

    Orchestra: Bā€™Rock Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
    • Pentatone.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • BRK Klassik.

  • Clifford Brown

    Sandu

    Performer: Clifford Brown. Ensemble: Max Roach Quintet.
    • Verve Reissues.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish": III. Rondeau

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo JƤrvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jeanā€Philippe Rameau

    La poule

    Performer: Vƭkingur Ɠlafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leos JanĆ”Äek

    The Cunning Little Vixen: Prelude

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO Live.

  • TrƤd

    Magpie

    Ensemble: The Unthanks.
    • RabbleRouser Music.

  • Michael Nyman

    Miserere Paraphrase (From "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover")

    Ensemble: Lyric Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Kurt Weill

    Mack the Knife

    Singer: Louis Armstrong.
    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Joseph Bologne

    L'Amant anonyme: Ouverture: I. Allegro presto

    Orchestra: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: No. 9, Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester ZĆ¼rich. Conductor: Paavo JƤrvi.
    • Alpha.

  • Trad.

    Bluebell Polka

    Ensemble: Foster & Allen.
    • EMI.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La gazza ladra: Overture

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sunday13:30
    BBC Radio 3