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Trombonist Amos Miller on the importance of fun in music

Amos Miller takes us inside a selection of classical music from the perspective of a brass player - revealing both familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Amos Miller combines his role as head of brass at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with the post of principal trombone with the orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet and founder member of the acclaimed quintet Onyx Brass.

Fun is at the heart of many of his choices today, including a piece by Danny Kaye that made him cry with laughter as a child, and an arrangement of a piece by Bessie Smith that he’d like to play to aliens. Amos also reveals when Tchaikovsky finally got orchestration right, and tells us why he is still inspired by the 81-year-old Vladimir Horowitz’s comeback concert in Moscow.

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

A Tandem Production for ±«Óătv Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Sat 17 Oct 2020 13:00
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Music Played

  • Leroy Anderson

    Trumpeter's Lullaby

    Performer: Philip Cobb. Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force.
    • DOYEN.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Befiehl du deine Wege

    Ensemble: Cuarteto Quiroga.
    • COBRA.

  • Take 6

    Come unto me

    Ensemble: Take 6.
    • REPRISE RECORDS.

  • Taraf de HaĂŻdouks

    A stork crosses the Danube, in the company of a raven

    Performer: Taraf de HaĂŻdouks.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    "Tvajo malchan'je nepan'atna" from Iolanta

    Singer: Galina Gorchakova. Singer: Gegham Grigorian. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major, K. 380

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • DG.

  • Mike Walker

    A Real Embrace

    Performer: Mike Walker.
    • Hidden Idiom.

  • Iannis Xenakis

    Keren

    Performer: Benny Sluchin. Ensemble: IRCAM.
    • APEX.

  • Bessie Smith

    Long old road

    Performer: Vic Dickenson. Music Arranger: Vic Dickenson.
    • SONET.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va Tacito, HWV17

    Performer: Andrew Clark. Singer: Ann Murray. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • FORLANE.

  • Danny Kaye

    The Little Fiddle

    Performer: Danny Kaye. Orchestra: Johnny Green Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.

  • Trish Clowes

    The Mighty Pencil

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • NMC.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Act 4 from Romeo and Juliet

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

    Performer: Viv McLean.
    • STONE RECORDS.

  • Charles Ives

    The Housatonic at Stockbridge

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Singer: Susan Graham.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Joe Raposo

    Canta una cancion (from Sesame Street)

    Performer: Joe Raposo.
    • Children's Television Workshop.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Oct 2020 13:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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