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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
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Classical music A LISTENER’S PERSPECTIVE, BY THOMAS SUTCLIFFE Thomas Sutcliffe, Centre 18129, 16/01/2007
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. Thomas Sutcliffe, Centre 18129, 16/01/2007
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) Thomas Sutcliffe, Centre 18129, 16/01/2007
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 Thomas Sutcliffe, Centre 18129, 16/01/2007
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) Thomas Sutcliffe, Centre 18129, 16/01/2007