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Tom Service talks to violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter

Tom Service is joined by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, uncovers the percussive world of the handpan, and plays the best classical music to start your weekend.

Start your weekend with Tom Service, as he plays the best classical music for your Saturday morning.

This morning from 9.30am, Tom is joined by the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. One of the great violinists of our time, as a teenager the conductor Herbert von Karajan called her "the greatest musical prodigy since the young Menuhin". Now in her 60s she continues to influence the future of classical music, whether it's through her championing of new music (she's given world premieres of over 30 works), nurturing new talent through her orchestra Mutter's Virtuosi or using her musical voice for philanthropy.
She talks to Tom about her career and how and why she uses music to try and make the world a better place.

After 11am we answer the questions about music you've always wanted to ask - this morning Tom asks "Why are some violins quite so expensive?" and enlists the help of violin expert Matthew Huber, acoustician Claudia Fritz and violinist Ray Chen to find out about the magic and myth of the world's finest instruments.

And after 11.30, Tom discovers the cosmically beautiful world of the the Handpan. With its roots in the steel pan, looking a little like a small UFO and with an intoxicating sound - the handpan is one of music's newest inventions. A new concerto for Handpan and Orchestra is set to be premiered by Chineke! Orchestra and percussionist Rosie Bergonzi. Rosie is passionate about the instrument's expressive and educational potential and pops in to show Tom the ropes. Plus we hear from composer Cassie Kinoshi on writing for this exciting new sound.

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Sat 25 May 2024 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux, Op.16 (No.6)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes, Moments musicaux: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Erato.
    • 17.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Scherzo-valse (Suite pastorale)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Quartet in F Minor, Op. 28: III. Tempo di Mazurka

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no. 4 in A major Op.90 "Italian" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Do You Hear Us In Heaven

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2; III. Rondeau

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter鈥檚 Virtuosi.
    • DG.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Nocturne in B major Op.40

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major 'Gypsy Rondo' H.15.25 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Federico Toffano. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Adams

    Grand Pianola Music: On the Dominant Divide

    Conductor: John Adams. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.
    • Chamber Symphony / Grand Pianola Music.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Performer: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.

  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Air - Homage to Sibelius

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto & C. Schumann: Piano Trio.
    • Sony.
    • 03.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531 - 1st mvt

    Performer: Rick Stotijn. Performer: Johannes Rostamo. Music Arranger: Marijn van Prooijen. Ensemble: Camerata RCO.
    • Doppio espressivo.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Sonatina for piano duet

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. Performer: Irina Kataeva.
    • Ligeti: Keyboard Works.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6-8.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    L'Oiseau de feu (1911 Version) - finale

    Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie.
    • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The Firebird.
    • Decca.
    • 33.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 238 & 503.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No 3 in E major BWV 1006: Prelude

    Performer: Ray Chen.
    • DECCA.

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Virgin.

  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le moucheron (Pi猫ces de clavecin, Ordre No 6)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Couperin: Keyboard Music 1: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable" - IV. Allegro

    Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Rosie Bergonzi

    Crest Of The Wave

    Performer: Rosie Bergonzi.
    • Self release.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique - Schubert: Impromptus: MAria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 May 2024 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3