Tom talks to violinist Pekka Kuusisto
Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack for your Saturday. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto pops in to chat, and with Wimbledon starting Tom unpacks tennis's greatest tunes,
Tom Service talks to violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and plays the perfect classical soundtrack for Saturday morning
Pekka is one of classical music's great experimenters - equally at home in a traditional concerto, playing folk fiddle, performing contemporary repertoire, collaborating with different artists or conducting. He's in town with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra for a project called DSCH - a musical 'experience' fusing theatre, lighting and visual elements with Shostakovich's music.
Pekka talks to Tom about his work across his various musical passions and what he and his kaleidoscopic imagination plans to do next.
And with Wimbledon round the corner, Tom unpacks some of tennis's greatest tunes. Since 1976, the 麻豆社's tennis coverage has opened with the unmistakable sound of Keith Mansfield's Light and Tuneful, Tom talks to Keith about how to write a national treasure, and we delve into research of music's effect on tennis and vice versa with the help of music and exercise expert Professor Costas Karageorghis.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 4.
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Trad.
Los guisados de la berenjena (Rhodes)
Performer: Yaniv d'Or.- Naxos.
- 8.573566.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Auf Fl眉geln des Gesanges (After Op. 34/2), arr. Liszt
Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.- Liszt: Mendelssohns Lieder, S. 547: I. Auf Fl眉geln des Gesanges (After Op. 34/2).
- Decca.
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Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on the Bare Mountain
Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; A Night On The Bare Mountain.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ethel Smyth
Serenade in D (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.- Chandos.
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Rune Tonsgaard S酶rensen
Shine You No More
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Concerto in E flat major Wq.47 for hpd, fortepiano and orch: 3rd mvt; Presto
Performer: C茅line Frisch. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Orchestra: Caf茅 Zimmermann. Director: Pablo Valetti.- Alpha.
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Sir James MacMillan
Lassie wad ye Loe Me
Ensemble: The Elysian Singers.- Signum.
- SIGCD575.
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Philip Glass
Aguas da Amazonia (Xingu River)
Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.- Paddle to the Sea.
- Cedille.
- 501.
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- The Wagner Project.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 201.
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Claude Debussy
Minstrels (Preludes, Book 1)
Performer: Nelson Freire.- DECCA.
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Thomas Ad猫s
M盲rchent盲nze (1st mvt)
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Ad猫s: Orchestral Works.
- Ondine.
- 10-13.
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Traditional Finnish
Lundgren
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Su-a Lee.- Su-a Lee.
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Jean Sibelius
Humeresques op.89 (no.5)
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.- Works for Violin and Orchestra.
- ONDINE.
- 5.
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Jean Sibelius
Die Glocken (the Bells) - from Four Pieces, Op. 115
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Heini K盲rkk盲inen.- Ondine.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Cello Concerto, Op. 91 "Centaurus Unit" - III. Finale
Performer: Peter Dixon. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic.- Yoshimatsu: The Age of Birds, Cello Concerto & Chikap.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.- Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's Bach Trios.
- Nonesuch.
- 005.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor - 5th mvt Rondo-Finale
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Johann Strauss II
Waldmeister (Excerpts): Stellt euch an
Conductor: Dario Salvi. Orchestra: Sofia Philharmonic. Choir: Sofia Philharmonic Chorus.- J. Strauss II: Waldmeister (Excerpts).
- Naxos.
- 202.
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The Keith Mansfield Orchestra
Light and Tuneful
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Music Arranger: Safri Duo. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.- 'Striking a Balance'.
- EMI Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 3, 'Eroica' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Beethoven: Symphonies 3 and 4.
- Decca.
- 4.
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Caroline Shaw
To Music
Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Music Arranger: Josh Quillen. Music Arranger: S艒 Percussion.- Rectangles and Circumstance.
- Nonesuch.
- 10.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance Op.65
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough In Recital.
- Hyperion.
- 4.
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Giovanni Sollima
Il concerto perduto II. Andante (After Vivaldi RV 787 "Per Teresa")
Performer: Giovanni Sollima. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.- Warner.
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Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 14, 'E.D.U.')
Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.- Elgar: Enigma Variations.
- Halle Concerts Society.
- 15.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in G major, H.15.25, 'Gypsy' (1st mvt)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on.- Live from the Lugano Festival 2003, Martha Argerich and friends, Chamber Music.
- EMI Classics.
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Olivier Messiaen
Joie du sang des 茅toiles (Turangal卯la-Symphonie)
Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Cynthia Millar. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Hyperion.
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- Sat 29 Jun 2024 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3