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The Inbetweeners

In between the big names and often broad categorizations of lazy music history lurk many of the great composers. Who are they and why have they ended up in the gaps?

Baroque, Classical and Romantic... the big categories of music history all have their big-name composers. But what about the composers less easy to categorise, the ones who fall in between the gaps? Tom Service goes in search of the Inbetweeners from all eras and, with the help of CPE Bach aficionado Andreas Staier, discovers how these once hugely influential figures still speak directly to us now.

David Papp (producer)

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute BWV.174; I. Sinfonia

    Performer: Bernhard Forck. Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 90233536DI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik); 1st mvt Allegro

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: The English Concert.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU807280.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.97 (Rhenish); 1st movement Allegro

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Orchestre RĂ©volutionnaire et Romantique.
    • DG.
    • 457591-2.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Gesang der Junglinge

    Performer: Studio for Electronic Music of the West German Radio Cologne.
    • EL RECORDS.
    • ACMEM159CD.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (A narrative for orchestra)

    Conductor: Bernard Herrmann. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 436 797-2.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto in G major Wq.43`5 for harpsichord and orchestra

    Conductor: Petra MĂĽllejans. Performer: Andreas Staier. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMC902083/84.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition I (Dona nobis pacem); First mvt.

    Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw. Performer: Schönberg Ensemble.
    • Philips.
    • 4425322.

  • Frank Zappa

    Civilization phaze III; Beat the Reaper

    Performer: Frank Zappa.
    • Zappa Records.
    • CDDZAP 56.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ester's Song

    Performer: Collin Walcott. Performer: Meredith Monk.
    • ECM.
    • 8115472.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in B minor Wq.182 No. 5; Mvt. III Presto

    Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • RD77187.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Fantasia in F sharp minor Wq.67

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 82876673742.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    2 Fantasias Wq. 202 No. 2, Hamlet. Sein, oder Nichtsein

    Performer: Klaus Mertens. Performer: Ludger RĂ©my.
    • CPO.
    • 9995492.

  • Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov

    Symphony no. 2 in C minor Op.9; I Allegro con fuoco

    Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov. Performer: USSR State Academy Orchestra.
    • MELODIYA.
    • MELCD1002086.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition II (Dies irae); III

    Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw. Performer: Schönberg Ensemble.
    • Philips.
    • 4425322.

  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Composition II (Dies irae); X

    Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw. Performer: Schönberg Ensemble.
    • Philips.
    • 4425322.

  • Meredith Monk

    Turtle Dreams

    Performer: Andrea Goodman. Performer: Collin Walcott. Performer: Julius Eastman. Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Paul Langland. Performer: Robert Een. Performer: Steve Lockwood.
    • ECM.
    • 8115472.

  • Laurie Anderson

    O Superman (For Massenet)

    Performer: Laurie Anderson. Performer: Perry Hoberman. Performer: Roma Baran.
    • Warner Bros. Records.
    • 7599-23674-2.

  • Frank Zappa

    Civilization phaze III; Beat the Reaper

    Performer: Frank Zappa.
    • Zappa Records.
    • CDDZAP 56.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in G minor Wq.65 No.17; III Allegro Assai

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 82876673742.

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  • Sun 10 Jan 2021 17:00
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  • Fri 15 Jan 2021 16:30
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