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World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma and star pianist Kathryn Stott live in the studio

Start your Saturday morning with the best classical music recordings and Hannah French in conversation with Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott.

Hannah French plays the best classical music recordings. She's joined by world-famous American cellist Yo-yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott. They speak to Hannah about their long-term friendship and musical partnership, ahead of performing at the Barbican.

Ahead of Radio 3's Day of Dance on Friday 8th November, Hannah speaks to the legendary dancer and entertainer Wayne Sleep about his new memoirs Just Different. And we hear about the world of Wheelchair Dancing with presenter and former Basketball paralympian Ade Adepitan, and Helen Mason from the Propel Dance company.

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Last on

Sat 2 Nov 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat major

    Conductor: Marc Andreae. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • ACANTA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2: IV. Rondo. Grazioso

    • Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Dance of the Shapes (The Tempest Op.109)

    Orchestra: Royal Danish Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: The Tempest, Op. 109 (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 117.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Souvenirs de voyage (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hermann Gershwin Waxman Copland.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Oksana Volkova. Singer: Francesco Demuro. Singer: Nadine Sierra. Orchestra: Kauno Miesto Simfoninis Orkestras. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Delos.
    • 204.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer: Jeux de vagues

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Olga Pashchenko.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Alvorada

    Doce do Lobo

    Ensemble: Alvorada.
    • ARC.
  • Heitor Villaâ€Lobos

    Choros No. 3, "Picapau" (Version for a capella)

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Marcus Creed. Choir: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choral Works.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 5.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Atraente

    Performer: Luciana Soares.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Warner.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Serenata (Estudiantina)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ernst Märzendorfer.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20, Volume 2, Nos. 1, 4 & 6.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto In A Minor: 3rd mvt; Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Hyperion.
  • Christopher Simpson

    Divisions in F

    Ensemble: Newe Vialles.
    • SELF RELEASE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A, K,622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart:Flute/Flute & Harp & Clarinet Concerti.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila

    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Papillon, Op. 77

    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (original 2nd movement of Symphony No. 1)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Nov 2024 09:00