Virtuoso Voices - Hilary Hahn (Freaky)

Use this clip to enhance your introduction of violinist Hilary Hahn playing Track 11 from her CD, "Voices and Violin" (DGG 001383202). Hilary Hahn’s entire discography is available at www.arkivmusic.com.

SUGGESTED HOST INTRO
Violinist Hilary Hahn is one of many musicians who consider Bach's music to be timeless.  She says his music "doesn’t necessarily belong in one era: it evokes a lot of different eras."  That’s especially true in the Cantata No. 158.  It’s written for the bass, but the soprano beams up from time to time.

Hilary Hahn Clip:
"Yeah I remember learning these arias and thinking, 'Is that right, are we playing all the right notes?  There must be a typo somewhere' and no, no, it wasn't a typo, and when you live with the music for a while, you see why it's the way it is and, you understand these little odd harmonic things that he does as part of a greater whole.  It clashes and then it goes somewhere else with that so it grabs your attention and you can take it where you want."

SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO
There’s no need to adjust your radio dial – Hilary Hahn assures us there aren't any musical typos in the Bach aria we're about to hear.  This Aria is from the Cantata No. 158; it stars the bass – but things get interesting each time the soprano shows up.  Here's violinist Hilary Hahn, bass Matthias Goerne (ma-TEE-us Gur-nuh) and soprano Christine Schafer, with Alexander Liebreich (Lee-Brych) conducting the Munich Chamber Orchestra.

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