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Tom Service talks to opera star Danielle de Niese

Tom Service plays the best classical music for your weekend and meets soprano Danielle de Niese at home in Glyndebourne. This week, Tom asks professional whistler Molly Lewis, and linguist and bio-acoustician Julien Meyer: why do we whistle?

3 hours

Music Played

  • Franz Lehár

    Ballsirenen [Sirens of the Ball] - waltz on themes from The Merry Widow

    Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Marco Uccellini

    Sonate, arie et correnti, Op.3 (Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca)

    Performer: Dorothee Oberlinger. Ensemble: Ensemble 1700.
    • Deutsche HM.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38. Pt I - Proficiscere, anima Christiana

    Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort. Choir: Gabrieli Roar. Choir: Polish National Youth Choir. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphony in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Grieg: Symphonie / Altnorwegische Romanze U.A..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29: IV. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29 (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina / Act 1 )

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Decca.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony Op.4)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Modern & 20th Century Classics.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lauda, Jerusalem, RV609

    Singer: Gemma Bertagnolli. Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23 (Nos 3 & 4)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.
  • Arnold Bax

    Hardanger

    Performer: Jeremy Brown. Performer: Seta Tanyel.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D for String Orchestra - ii Arioso (Andantino)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • ³¢â€™O±õ³§·¡´¡±«-³¢³Û¸é·¡.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.40 K.550 - iii Menuetto

    Ensemble: New Koto Ensemble of Tokyo.
    • ANGEL.
  • John Williams

    Joy Ride (Escapades for alto saxophone and orchestra)

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Orchestra: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • American Spectrum.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. Performer: Veronika Hagen.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Songs for a Winter's Evening - No. 3, O, Whistle an' I'll Come to Ye, My Lad!

    Singer: Lisa Milne. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • NMC.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Cello Sonata No 2

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Luka Okros.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 2 (final mvt)

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Unsuk Chin

    Etude No. 5 Toccata

    Performer: George Fu.
    • Platoon Music.
  • Nico Muhly

    How Little You Are (A Long-Drawn Wail)

    Choir: Conspirare. Ensemble: Austin Guitar Quartet. Ensemble: Texas Guitar Quartet. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • The Singing Guitar.
    • Delos.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Passepied 1 and 2 (Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Apr 2024 09:00