A special edition of the Barbican classical music podcast, looking forward to the 2012-13 season and the launch of the AAM's Association at the Barbican in September 2012. The podcast features an interview with AAM Chief Executive Michael Garvey, as well as musical excerpts and input from the London Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
AAM Music Director Richard Egarr introduces an all-Mozart programme at Cadogan Hall, London. The performance featured a rare UK appearance from the South-Korean soprano Sumi Jo.
BBC Radio 3's Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by AAM Music Director Richard Egarr and violinist Shunske Sato to discuss music from the dawn of the Romantic era. The discussion focusses on Beethoven's 'Eroica' symphony and Paganini's Second Violin Concerto, and looks at the revolutionary aspects of these composers and their music.
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Introducing Mozart's La finta giardiniera
AAM Music Director Richard Egarr and principal cellist Joseph Crouch discuss Mozart's early opera La finta giardiniera ahead of a performance at London's Barbican Centre in June 2011.
Includes an exploration of different methods of accompanying vocal recitative on the cello and harpsichord.
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Christopher Hogwood, AAM founder: 70th birthday tributes
Listen to tributes to Christopher Hogwood from his friends and colleagues, including singers Dame Emma Kirkby and Catherine Bott, conductor Neville Marriner, Managing Director of the Barbican Centre Sir Nicholas Kenyon and Gramophone's Editor in Chief James Jolly.
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JS Bach's cantatas: Sir Nicholas Kenyon and Richard Egarr in conversation
Listen to AAM Music Director Richard Egarr and Sir Nicholas Kenyon discuss JS Bach's cantatas, ahead of performances of cantatas Nos. 20, 126 and 146 by the AAM and Choir of the AAM in July 2011.
Sir Nicholas is author of the recently-published Faber Pocket Guide to Bach. He is Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, and has been Controller of BBC Radio 3 and Director of the BBC Proms. He has written on music for The New Yorker, The Times and The Observer.
Our apologies for the poor sound quality in the first 40 seconds.
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AAM Music Director Richard Egarr discusses the music of JS Bach's sons
Richard Egarr introduces a programme of music by four of JS Bach's sons: Carl Philipp Emanuel, Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Christian and Johann Christoph Friedrich. The concerts, which took place in January 2011, starred cellist Steven Isserlis. You can watch a video about the performances, featuring rehearsal footage and interviews with the players, here.
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AAM Music Director Richard Egarr explores JS Bach's ancestors
Richard Egarr introduces a performance of music by three of JS Bach's forebears: Heinrich Bach and his sons Johann Christoph and Johann Michael. The performance was the first in The Bach Dynasty, our 2010-11 series exploring the music of the incomparable JS Bach and his extraordinary family.
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