Oscars Nominations • Beethoven • Piccolo Chamber Music

Oscars Nominations • Beethoven • Piccolo Chamber Music

In our February 2020 podcast, we discuss cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s entry into the Official UK Album Chart, the first cellist in history to do so. We also analyse the nominees for Best Original Score at this year’s Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and look at who from the classical music was named on the New Year’s Honours list this year.

Freya Parr

Published: January 22, 2020 at 11:45 am

PODCAST:

In our February 2020 podcast, we discuss cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s entry into the Official UK Album Chart, the first cellist in history to do so. We also analyse the nominees for Best Original Score at this year’s Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes, and look at who from the classical music was named on the New Year’s Honours list this year.

Also this episode, we listen to extracts from both our cover CD and our Recording of the Month, the latter of which is pianist Angela Hewitt performing Bach’s Partitas. Plus, we bring you the nominees for this year’s BBC Music Magazine Awards!

As usual, we each bring along a recording we’ve discovered and have been enjoying this month.

This episode is presented by editor Oliver Condy, who is joined by editorial assistant Freya Parr and reviews editor Michael Beek. It was produced by Ben Youatt and Jack Bateman.

News:

Judith Bingham: The Drowned Lovers Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano), Swedish Chamber Choir/Simon Phipps Chandos CHSA5255

Elgar: Enigma Variations – Nimrod Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Khluda (cello) Decca 4850241

The Magazine:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: I. Allegro con brio BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda

JS Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat: VI. Gigue Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion CDA68271/2

First Listen:

Phantasm: Clavierubung III The Well-Tempered Consort Phantasm Linn CKD618

Granados: Oriental (Danza Espanola) Saudades Romain Nosbaum (piano) ARS Produktion ARS38287

Thea Musgrave: Piccolo Play: IV. Les Papillons Mighty Metamorphoses Peter Verhoyen (piccolo), Stefan De Schepper (piano) Etcetera Records KTC1668

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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