Composer Thomas Ades plus a National Youth Orchestra studio takeover!
Tom Service talks to Thomas Adès ahead of his double Proms appearance as conductor and composer. Also, the brilliant players of the National Youth Orchestra play live in the studio
Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend!
Tom is joined by the composer and conductor Thomas Adès. As a composer, Adès has created a stunning musical language all of his own and is one of the world's most inventive and in demand composers. Described as a 'modern masterpiece', his multi-award winning ballet 'Dante' is being performed at the Proms this week, the first part by the LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel and the second with the young players of the National Youth Orchestra, with whom Adès has a long association.
Some of those players will be joining Tom in the studio to play an exclusive live session and chat about their concert happening later that day at the BBC Proms.
Also, as part of our focus on musical Creators, Tom talks to the Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz. Her music fuses Mexican traditions with contemporary classical music and has won her Best Contemporary Classical Composition at the Grammys for the past two years, including her ballet Revolución diamantina, which is given its UK premiere at the Proms this week. She chats to Tom about her musical language and background.
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Manuel de Falla
Spanish Dance no.1 (La vida breve)
Music Arranger: Gustave Samazeuilh. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- 55.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
- 14.
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Bizet : Symphony in C, Jeux d'Enfants, Roma.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
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Franz Schubert
Du bist die Ruh D.776
Music Arranger: Xandi van Dijk. Ensemble: Signum Quartett.- Franz Schubert - A Night of Classics.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 85.
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Jerome Kern
All the things you are
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Joyce and Tony.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- 20.
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Gabriela Ortiz
Kauyumari
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Platoon.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz in A flat major Op.42
Performer: Sasha Stychkina.- ALPHA.
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Edward Elgar
Cello concerto in E minor Op.85 (1st mvt)
Performer: Astrig Siranossian. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Sir!.
- Alpha Classics.
- 1.
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Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin
Tabhair dom do Lámh
Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Brad Mehldau.- Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau.
- Nonesuch.
- 11.
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard Suite no.2 in F major HWV.427 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Claude Debussy
Sirènes (Nocturnes)
Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- Debussy: Nocturnes – Duruflé: Requiem.
- Linn Records.
- 3.
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Thomas Adès
Dante (Inferno - extract)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Nonesuch.
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Thomas Adès
Dante (Purgatorio - extract)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Nonesuch.
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Thomas Adès
Dante (Paradiso - extract)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Nonesuch.
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Franz Liszt
La Campanella (6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141)
Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.- Influences.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in B flat major TWV.44:43 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- The Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1: Music before Bach.
- PENTATONE.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Suite pastorale (Idylle)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 107.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano sonata no.21 in C major Op.53 'Waldstein' (1st mvt)
Performer: Bruce Liu.- DG.
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Timothy Jackson
Ten Blue Bottles (Four Kinds of Blue)
Performer: Emma Sandford. Performer: Jacob Adams.- Live performance.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.9 in E minor Op.95 'From the New World' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Reference Recordings.
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Thomas Adès
O Albion (Arcadiana)
Performer: Aki Blendis. Performer: Charlotte Shlomowitz. Performer: Rebecca Wells. Performer: Noah Hacking.![]()
Gustav Holst
March (3 Pieces)
Performer: Alasdair Cottee. Performer: Aki Blendis. Performer: Charlotte Shlomowitz. Performer: Rebecca Wells. Performer: Noah Hacking.- Live performance.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 8.
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Arvo Pärt
O Adonai (7 Magnificat antiphons)
Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.- Pärt: And I Heard a Voice….
- ECM New Series.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano concerto in A minor Op.16 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Gabriela Ortiz
Revolución diamantina
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Platoon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat major K.563 (6th mvt)
Ensemble: Ssens Trio.- Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 / Preludes and Fugues K. 404a.
- Lawo Classics.
- 6.
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Väinö Raitio
Legenda
Performer: Linda Hedlund. Orchestra: La Tempesta Orchestra. Conductor: József Hárs.- Finnish Works for Violin & Orchestra.
- Naxos.
- 106.
Broadcast
- Sat 8 Aug 202609:00BBC Radio 3
