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Tom meets the pianist Nikolai Lugansky

Tom Service is joined live in the studio by pianist Nikolai Lugansky, playing Mendelssohn and Wagner, and he talks to Paul McCreesh about his youth choir project, Gabrieli Roar.

Tom Service with a sparkling mix of music for Saturday morning, including pieces by Respighi, Vaughan Williams, Heloise Werner and Beethoven, plus Vivaldi's Winter in a new arrangement for Norwegian hardanger fiddle. He's joined in the studio by pianist Nikolai Lugansky who plays Mendelssohn and Wagner live and talks to Tom about his lifelong love of Wagner's music, having played his own piano transcriptions from the orchestral scores when he was still a teenager.

As the world looks to Paris this weekend and the reopening of Notre Dame cathedral five years after it was devastated by fire, Tom talks to organist Olivier Latry about how the organ survived and the work that has gone into cleaning and rebuilding the instrument ready for the "awakening of the organ" during the opening ceremony. We also hear from Stephanie Duch锚ne, a conservation scientist who worked on the restoration of Notre Dame and has created the 'Compagnons Choir' with dozens of colleagues involved in bringing the cathedral back to life, from engineers to scaffolders and architects.

Plus we hear about the programme of music-making for young people called Gabrieli Roar, led by the Gabrieli Consort and their Artistic Director Paul McCreesh. This month, 4000 young singers perform alongside the Gabrieli Consort in cathedrals across England as part of their Grand Georgian Christmas tour. Tom catches up with Paul to find out the story behind the music and why he believes that singing is the key to introducing young people to classical music and culture.

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 6 in C major, D 589 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Franz Schubert: Symphony No.6; Hans Gal - Symphony No.1.
    • Avie.
    • 3.

  • John Foster

    While shepherds watched their flocks by night

    Choir: Psalmody. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • While Shepherds Watched.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • William Byrd

    The Bells, Bk 38

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8 No.4 (L'Inverno)

    Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: Barokkanerne.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • H茅lo茂se Werner

    Lullaby for a sister

    Performer: Colin Alexander. Singer: H茅lo茂se Werner.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino

    Performer: Aki Sauli猫re. Performer: B茅atrice Muthelet. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Paul Meyer.
    • ERATO.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Ch艙ur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Befana (Feste Romane)

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

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5 in D Major: 3rd movement; Romanza

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.
    • HALLE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 133: Ich freue mich in dir (arr. M. Knight for brass

    Composer: Matthew Knight. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Christmas with Septura.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte - bk 7 Op.85: no.4; Andante sostenuto in D major

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.

  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung: Act 3; Brunnhilde's immolation

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Music Arranger: Nikolai Lugansky.

  • Henry John Gauntlett

    Once in Royal David's City

    Performer: Christopher Gray. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Robert Sharpe.
    • Lammas.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
    • RCA.

  • Tom Coult

    After Lassus for soprano and orchestra: 6th movement; Sancti mei

    Singer: Anna Dennis. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic.
    • NMC.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore, Op. 72a: Ouverture (II)

    Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Leonore.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Philip Glass

    Aguas da Amazonia: no.2 Japura River

    Performer: Danae D枚rken. Performer: Pascal Schumacher.
    • Neue Meister.

  • Jean de Sainte-Colombe

    Concert XLI: Le Retour

    Performer: Philippe Pierlot. Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • MIRARE.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Boy Was Born: Theme

    Choir: K酶benhavns Drengekor. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Incarnation.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1101.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no. 5 in F (Egyptian): 1st mvt

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

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora Staccato

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • The Man With The Golden Flute.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI No 20: 2nd mvt Andante con moto

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Dec 2024 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3