Classical music a listener’s perspective

Classical music

• A LISTENER’S PERSPECTIVE,

• BY THOMAS SUTCLIFFE

SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS

• Listening to Albinoni’s Adagio as a young boy (my introduction to classical music)

• Attending a live performance for the first time, as a teenager

• Getting my first CD Player, as a teenager

• Experiencing a live performance of Barbara Strozzi’s work in Highgate, my first experience of a serious departure from the classical mainstream.

• Using music to help myself get a better degree – listening to CDs the whole time I was typing up my dissertation – Albinoni again.

FAVOURITE CDS

• Beethoven Symphonies, Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 5 CD set

• Albinoni, Concerti a Cinque, Opus V, I Solisti Veneti

• Albinoni, Complete Opus IX concerti, Christopher Hogwood & The Academy of Ancient Music (period instruments), 2 CD set.

• J S Bach, Christmas Oratorio (2 CD set)

• Haydn, The Creation, Berlin Philharmonic, (2 CD set)

• Vivaldi, Concerti per Archi

• Corelli, Violin Sonatas (2 CD set)

• Vivaldi, La Stravanganza, Rachel Podger (2 CD Set)

• Strozzi, To the Unknown Goddess

• J S Bach, Brandenburg Concertos (2 CD Set)

THE THOMAS SUTCLIFFE CONCERT

• Jean-Baptiste Arban, The Carnival of Venice

• Barbara Strozzi, Trattimento

• Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto from Opus II

• Antonio Vivaldi, Guitar Concerto

• Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto from Opus V

• Benedetto Marcello, Oboe Concerto

• Tomaso Albinoni, Concerto from Opus IX

• Antonio Vivaldi, Flute Concerto

• Tomaso Albinoni, Trumpet Concerto “San Marco”

• Tomaso Albinoni, Violin Concerto

• Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto con Molti Istromenti

FAVOURITE CLASSIC FM PROGRAMS

• Late Night Lisa (Lisa Duncombe)

• Classic FM Most Wanted (Jamie Crick)

• The Guest List (Anne-Marie Minhall)

• The New CD Show (David Mellor)

• The Opera Show (Lesley Garrett)

• The Classic FM Evening Concert (Nick Bailey)