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Susan Tomes on the history of the piano

Stephen Broad sits in for Jamie and talks to pianist Susan Tomes about her new book.

Stephen Broad will be talking to the wonderful pianist Susan Tomes about her latest book 'The History of the Piano in 100 Pieces' and enjoying some of her brilliant music choices and, as choirs are now allowed to meet and sing together again, there's a 'Hallelujah' theme threading through the show - something to be joyful about!

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 1 Aug 2021 19:00

Music Played

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Didier Osindero. Performer: Alinka Rowe. Performer: Yong Jun Lee. Music Arranger: Tom Hodge.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah (Messiah)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort.
    • Handel: Messiah: Dunedin Consort & Players.
    • Linn.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Violin Sonata No. 4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louise Chisson. Performer: Tamara Atschba.
    • 20th Century Feminine.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 303.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo for Piano No. 3 in A Minor, K511

    Performer: Tuija Hakkila.
    • W.A. Mozart, Complete Fortepiano Sonatas, Vol.5.
    • 1996 Finlandia Records.
    • 19.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Modérément animé)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Debussy Préludes, Book 2, L. 123 XII..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Art Tatum

    Tea For Two

    • Art Tatum: The Complete Capitol Recordings Vol.One.
    • Capitol Jazz.
    • 14.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Performer: Louise Chisson. Performer: Tamara Atschba.
    • 20th Century Feminine.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 201.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Clairieres dans le ciel (No. 7 Nous nous aimerons tant)

    Performer: Jean Lemaire. Singer: Karin Ott.
    • Lili Boulager - Art Songs.
    • Pan Classics.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Psalms (3rd mvt Alleluia. Laudate Dominum)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Symphonic Psalms & Prayers.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Victor Herbert

    March of the Toys (Babes in Toyland)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • A Family Christmas.
    • Signum.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Holst - The Planets.
    • HELIOS.
    • 4.
  • Jocelyn Pook

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Sophie Harris. Singer: Sohini Alam. Singer: Melanie Pappenheim. Singer: Jocelyn Pook. Singer: Jeremy Schonfield. Orchestra: Bulgarian Orchestra.
    • DESH.
    • Pook Music.
    • 1.
  • Clara Schumann

    Liebst du um Schönheit, Op. 12 No. 2

    Performer: Andrew West. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Birdsong.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 401.
  • Galina Ustvolskaya

    Violin Sonata

    Performer: Louise Chisson. Performer: Tamara Atschba.
    • 20th Century Feminine.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 401.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Petit adagio (The Seasons, Op 67)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov Symphony No.5/The Seasons.
    • Warner.
    • 17-18.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria (Mass in B minor)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G flat major, Op 23 No 10

    Performer: James Rhodes.
    • Bullets & Lullabies; James Rhodes.
    • Warner.
    • 1.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Ship o' the Fiend

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn: Land of the Mountain & the Flood: 鶹ԼSSO, Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic: II. Nocturne

    Performer: Louise Chisson. Performer: Tamara Atschba.
    • 20th Century Feminine.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 502.

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Aug 2021 19:00