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Igor Levit performs live

Pianist Igor Levit performs live and talks to Tom service about his upcoming Brahms album.

Tom Service introduces live music from pianist Igor Levit, ahead of his upcoming release featuring the music of Brahms. Plus the best classical music from the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra playing Bach's 2nd Brandenburg Concerto to Klaus Makela conducting the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in Sibelius.

9.45am
After Keir Starmer revealed to the Labour Party Conference that he goes to Brahms and Shostakovich for solace, Tom asks which other British Prime Ministers have revealed their love of classical music, with a surprise connection between Margaret Thatcher and Bartok.

10.15am
The pianist Igor Levit is one of the world’s most fiercely thoughtful and insightful musicians. He plays Brahms exclusively on Saturday Morning, and Tom talks to him about his love of Brahms and performing with Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic on his new all-Brahms album.

11.05am
Tom Service talks to the pianist Alexandra Dariescu whose new prize, in her name, is being given at the Leeds International Piano Competition for the time this year.

11.25am
Soprano Claire Booth talks to Tom about the many faces, characteristics and musical settings of Pierrot, including music by Schumann, Joseph Marx, Arnold Schoenberg and Max Kowalski.

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Sat 28 Sep 2024 09:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    String Sextet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic String Octet.
    • MDG - GOLD.

  • Robert Schumann

    Klavierstucke fur kleine und grosse Kinder, Op. 85: XII. Abendlied

    Performer: Kian Soltani. Conductor: Gregory Ahss. Orchestra: Salzburg Camerata.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047 [Complete]

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos – Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • EuroArts Music International.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    Two Eastern Pictures: i Spring

    Performer: Elizabeth Bass. Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Gustav Holst

    Two Eastern Pictures: ii Summer

    Performer: Elizabeth Bass. Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Louise Bertin

    Fausto (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Louise Bertin: Fausto.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Bartok: The Orchestral Masterpieces.
    • Decca.
    • 17-23.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op. 97

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 6.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.3 in C major Op.52 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.208 'Il Grosso Mogul' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • What's next Vivaldi?.
    • RSK Entertainment Limited.
    • 22.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117 No. 1

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Igor Levit. Conductor: Christian Thielemann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • SONY.

  • Hanna Salzenstein, Justin Taylor, Marta Páramo, Sophie de Bardonnèche, Lucie Boulanger, Louis Ayrton & Clément Batrel-Génin

    Le Concert: Overture

    • ALPHA.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana - rhapsody

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    "Deh vieni" (from Act 3, The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Ying Fang. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House. Conductor: Julia Jones.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    The Quest: II. Horizons

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Conductor: Normunds Šnē. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Rīga.
    • ALPHA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven · Tchaikovsky · Schmidt · Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval, Op.9: II. Pierrot

    Performer: Tim Horton.
    • ONYX.

  • Joseph Marx

    Pierrot Dandy

    Performer: Tim Horton. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • ONYX.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Pierrot Lunaire, Op.21: XVIII. Der Mondflek

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • ONYX.

  • Max Kowalski

    Songs of Pierrot, Op. 4: No. 7, Nordpolfahrt

    Performer: Tim Horton. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • ONYX.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Prague Waltzes

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Legends: Prague Waltzes: Buadapest festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer.
    • Phillips.
    • 16.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sposalizio (Années de pèlerinage - Italie)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage - Lortie.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Questa note...Nessun Dorma...O sole! Vita! Eternita! (Turandot)

    Performer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Sep 2024 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3