The last of six programmes in which Roderick Swanston asks leading performers of early music to reveal the personal element in their music-making. Nikolaus Harnoncourt
When Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his group Vienna Concentus Musicus burst on to the musical scene in the early sixties, public shock was mostly attributed to the fact that they performed familiar music in an unfamiliar way. Three decades on, Harnoncourt's performances - now with conventional orchestras too - are often just as shocking and surprising. He has lost none of his drive to question, challenge and innovate. Including excerpts from Berg Violin Concerto
Gershwin Porgy and Bess
Purcell If ever I more riches did desire, Z544
Marais Suite in D, Book 3 No 4
Monteverdi L'lncoronazione di Poppea Bach Cantatas No 65 and 68 Handel Suite: Water Music
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 in A,
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Bruckner Symphony No 3 in D minor Producer Nick Morgan Dfscs