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Pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson drops in

Tom Service talks to pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson, composer Errollyn Wallen and conductor Kazuki Yamada, and plays the freshest classical music to start your weekend!

Tom Service talks to the Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson and composer Errollyn Wallen and plays the perfect classical soundtrack for Saturday morning, from well-known classics to musical gems and a few surprises.

V铆kingur is one of today's most sought after pianists, and is known for his incredible musicianship, sensitivity of sound as well as his fearless imagination. Contemporary composers and orchestra are queuing up to write for him, but he's spent the last year alone on the podium playing and recording only one piece 88 times - Bach's Goldberg Variations. He talks to Tom about the "musical love of my life", how he sees his role as a musician today and looks ahead to his 麻豆约拍 Proms performance with the Berlin Philharmonic

Fresh from her appointment as the new Master of the King's Music, composer Errollyn Wallen chats to Tom about her music and how she'll approach her new role, including her determination to advocate for music education in this country.

Plus the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has spent the week popping up at locations around the city, Tom chats to their conductor Kazuki Yamada who has been riding the Birmingham Tram anrmed with a keyboard to play for commuters. Plus we walk round the CBSO Shireland Academy - the state school that the orchestra has partnered with - a year on from its opening and ahead of the new term 鈥� how do you embed an orchestra in a school and is it working?

Plus the freshest classical music to start your weekend!

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Sat 31 Aug 2024 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Mass in C Major, Hob. XXII:5 "Missa Cellensis": IV. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Hob. XXII:5.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: II. Un Bal (Valse): Allegro non troppo

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Concert Overtures.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 8.

  • Anton铆n Kraft

    Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4: III. Rondo alla Cosacca. Moderato

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Anton铆n Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Victor Young

    When I fall in Love

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler Symphony No 1.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard S酶rensen. Music Arranger: Frederik 脴land. Music Arranger: Asbj酶rn N酶rgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sch酶yen Sj枚lin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Entr茅e de Polymnie (Les Bor茅ades)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Archiv.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    2nd movement; Lively (Horseplay for ensemble)

    Ensemble: Continuum. Conductor: Philip Headlam.
    • Wallen: The Girl in my Alphabet.
    • AVIE.
    • 9.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Piano Concerto (4th mvt 'Joyful')

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, D929 - 2nd mvt Andante

    Ensemble: Trio Boh茅mo.
    • Supraphon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Ercole su'l Termodonte (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Ercole: Europe Galante/Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Michael Daugherty

    Harp of Ages: III. Uhura's Song

    Performer: Courtney Hershey Bress. Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Michael Daugherty: Harp of Ages.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations (Aria)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E major (7 Fantasies Op.116)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • From Afar.
    • DG.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.9

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • V铆kingur 脫lafsson - From Afar.
    • DG.

  • Anna Meredith

    Nautilus

    Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Platoon.

  • Jean-Baptiste Barri猫re

    Sonata For 2 Cellos (3rd mvt)

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Hush.
    • Sony Masterworks.
    • 9.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta, Op. 60, III. The Queen's Monastery, Brno

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphonies Nos 6-9.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Sonata en Re Major R. 84

    Ensemble: Mascarade.
    • De Catalunya a Sud-Am猫rica.
    • Anacrusi.
    • 14.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka: Pt.1; Danse russe

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • GEMINI.

  • Dana Suesse

    Concerto in three rhythms for piano and orchestra: 3rd mvt "Rag Presto"

    Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Naxos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tra le fiamme tu scherzi per gioco (Tra le fiamme, HWV170)

    Singer: Nardus Williams. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake: Act Four finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Warner.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.330 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

    Performer: Robert Jordan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding With Sunrise and other works.
    • LINN.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Aug 2024 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3