Pianist Vikingur Olafsson at the piano
Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack and an all-star morning of guests with pianist Vikingur Olafsson and composer Anna Meredith.
Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend!
An all-star line-up of guests joins us this morning as superstar pianist Vikingur Olafsson pops in to champion the music of the Hungarian composer György Kurtág who turns 100 this month. Vikingur joins Tom at the piano to play some of his music and talk about how getting to know him personally has changed how he hears other music forever.
Continuing our focus on Creators and the stories behind their creations: multi award-winning composer Anna Meredith talks to Tom about her track Nautilus that started life with her stomping along a beach in Scotland but became a powerhouse tune that's been arranged and re-arranged countless times for electronics, orchestra, marching band and even featured in a David Beckham documentary.
And Radio 3's Kate Molleson pays tribute to the French composer and electronic music pioneer Eliane Radigue who died this week age 94. Radigue's music of ecstatic sonic concentration is an invitation to change our perceptions of what music can do, and what can it make us feel.
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Sergei Rachmaninov
10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata BWV.170)
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- Erato.
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Viet Cuong
Higher Ground - Concerto for Tuba (3rd mvt)
Performer: Justin Benavidez. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.- Renewal: Music of Viet Cuong.
- Albany Records.
- 7.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in E flat major K.380 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano & violin, Vol. 4.
- harmonia mundi.
- 8.
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Claude Debussy
Bruyères (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)
Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle.
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Sigvaldi Kaldalóns
Ave María
Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- From Afar.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 12.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Little girl Juliet (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64.
- Universal Music Operations Ltd.
- 10.
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Toru Takemitsu
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?
Music Arranger: Daisuke Suzuki. Performer: Daisuke Suzuki.- Toward the Sea.
- ART INFINI.
- 3.
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Toru Takemitsu
A song of circles and triangles (Uta)
Music Arranger: Daisuke Suzuki. Performer: Daisuke Suzuki.- Toward the sea.
- ART INFINI.
- 4.
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Ottorino Respighi
La Boutique Fantasque (Nocturne; Galop)
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chandos.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
O magnum mysterium
Choir: Stile Antico.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Platoon.
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György Kurtág
A voice in the distance (Jatekok)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- BBC recording.
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György Kurtág
Little Chorale [Grand Piano] (Jatekok Bk.1)
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- From Afar.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 13.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV.106
Music Arranger: György Kurtág. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Halla Oddný Magnúsdóttir.- Bach Reworks (Pt. 2).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 6.
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Francisco Guerrero
Laudate Dominum à 8
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Flight of Angels.
- Coro.
- 5.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto In E Flat major H.7e.1 (1st mvt)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Trumpet Concertos.
- Simax Classics.
- 1.
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James Oswald
Polwart on the green (Sonata on Scots tunes)
Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.- James Oswald: Colin's Kisses: Concerto Caledonia.
- Linn.
- 17.
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Steve Reich
Tehillim (Part 2)
Choir: Synergy Vocals. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Stefan Asbury.- Steve Reich.
- UME.
- 13.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no 8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Schubert: Symphonies Vol. 1: No. 7 & No. 4.
- Sony Music Labels Inc..
- 1.
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Éliane Radigue
Jetsun Mila
Performer: Éliane Radigue.- Lovely Music.
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Éliane Radigue
Occam River I
Performer: Carol Robinson. Performer: Julia Eckhardt.- Shiiin.
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Éliane Radigue
Occam I
Performer: Rhodri Davies.- Occam Ocean I.
- Shiiin.
- 2.
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Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.- Poulenc: La voix humaine.
- Alpha Classics.
- 23.
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Amy Beach
Romance Op.23
Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.![]()
Johann Ludwig Bach
Der Gottlosen Arbeit wird fehlen JLB2 (Samen der Gerechtigkeit)
Singer: Anna-Lena Elbert. Ensemble: capella sollertia. Conductor: Johanna Soller.- Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas.
- Ricercar.
- 24.
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Anna Meredith
Nautilus (extract)
Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.- Nuc (Deluxe).
- Mercury Classics.
- 10.
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Anna Meredith
Nautilus (extract)
Performer: Bluecoats.- Private recording.
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Anna Meredith
Nautilus (extract)
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Platoon.
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Franz Liszt
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke [Mephisto Waltz no.1]
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.- German Dances.
- PENTATONE.
- 2.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les sauvages (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin ou Seconde livre)
Performer: Jean Rondeau.- Vertigo.
- Erato.
- 15.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano quintet in G minor Op.1 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.- Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
- HYPERION.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Sat 28 Feb 202609:00BBC Radio 3
