In a varied two hours of music conductor Ben Gernon enjoys one of Rachmaninov’s most luscious (borrowed) melodies and explains how he discovered the musical key that unlocked a piece by William Walton. He also finds Giacomo Puccini vividly describing falling in love, and Richard Strauss painting an orchestral picture that Ben can only describe as depraved...
Plus there’s vitality from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and a piece that goes Plink, Plank, Plunk.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3
Producer Freya Hellier
Photo by Kirsty Thompson