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Tom meets composer Caroline Shaw and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev

Tom Service chats to composer Caroline Shaw who plays live with Sō Percussion, meets conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and plays the perfect classical soundtrack for Saturday morning.

Tom Service welcomes composer Caroline Shaw and the players of percussion supergroup Sō Percussion to play live in the studio, Plus he meets conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, discovers the musical backstory to the famous Crystal Palace and serves up the perfect classical soundtrack for Saturday morning.

American composer, singer and producer Caroline Shaw is one of the most exciting musical voices out there today. She was the youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize and has won various Grammys for her music. She's a musical shapeshifter who moves between different worlds and roles whether it's choral music, film scoring, contemporary classical or songwriting. Her musical collaboration with So Percussion is a glorious and genre-defying mix of eclectic sounds and inspirations, so anything could happen in the studio as Caroline and Sō Percussion join Tom to perform live and talk about the joy of making music together.

On St Andrew's Day, Tom also chats to one of the country's adopted musical sons - the conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, chief of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. After a fairytale first encounter together after he stepped in at short notice to conduct the orchestra in Schubert, within a year he'd been announced as their new Principal Conductor. Maxim talks about their electrifying partnership and his musical plans for the future.

Plus, on the anniversary of the great fire that destroyed the famous Crystal Palace in London - we discover the musical backstory of the famous building, that hosted the first UK performances of Schubert symphonies, yearly Handel spectaculars and performances from everyone from Clara Schumann to Brahms to Liszt.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Così fan tutte (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Georgs PelΔ“cis

    Flowering Jasmine

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica. Director: Gidon Kremer.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: The Overtures (Original Versions).
    • CPO.
    • 401.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 82: II. Waltz. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Sachio Fujioka. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic.
    • Yoshimatsu: Symphony No. 4, Trombone Concerto & Atom Hearts Club Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies: Bax.
    • Signum.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturnes, CD 98: II. Fetes

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • The Berlin Album.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Sans frayeur dans ce bois, H. 467

    Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: William Christie. Singer: Gwendoline Blondeel.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Wilhelm FurtwΓ€ngler. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 9 in C major, D 944, 'Great' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos 8 & 9, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel In Egypt: He sent a thick darkness

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo (Vivace)

    Performer: Hannes Minnaar. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 3.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut - Act 3 Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 1 in E flat major K.16; I. Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
    • ΄‘±θ²Ή°ω³ΩΓ©.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201 - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Aparte.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Linn.

  • Thomas Erskine [Earl of Kelly]

    Overture in C major, op.1 no 2

    Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Concerto Caledonia.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 3.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ‘vek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 146

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Xianji Liu.
    • Scarlatti, TΓ‘rrega, Sor, Malats, AlbΓ©niz, Piazzolla, Coste & Berkeley: Works for.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Let the Soil Play its Simple Part

    Performer: Sō Percussion. Singer: Caroline Shaw.

  • Caroline Shaw

    To Music

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Performer: Caroline Shaw. Ensemble: Sō Percussion.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo VΓ€nskΓ€.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti SO, Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 76 No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Snow Maiden, Op. 12, Prologue: No. 1

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Nov 2024 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3