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Anu Komsi sings live

Anu Komsi sings live in the Saturday Morning studio ahead of her Â鶹Éç Prom and talks to Hannah French about Finnish music. Plus Saturday Morning visits Paraorchestra in rehearsal.

Hannah French is joined in the Saturday Morning studio by Finnish soprano Anu Komsi, before she heads to perform at the Â鶹Éç Proms. Plus the best classical music playlist with the latest stories in the arts world.

0945
Hannah looked at the echoes of Hildegard through the ages, playing O virtus Sapientie in 6 different versions from Sequentia singing the original to an arrangement by Stevie Wishart.

1015
Anu Komsi joins Hannah live, singing songs by Laura Netzell, Kaija Saariaho and Ravel. She speaks to Hannah about her love of Finnish music and preparing for her Â鶹Éç Prom with the joint forces of The Royal College of Music and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestras, conducted by Sakari Oramo.

1130
Kevin Satizabal Carrascal visits Bristol and goes behind the scenes at the rehearsals for the Paraorchestra’s Proms debut. He speaks to Charles Hazlewood, composer Oliver Vibrans and some of his fellow orchestral musicians.

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Sat 24 Aug 2024 09:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 35 in D major, K386 IV. Presto

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119 No 4

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79, 3 Intermezzos, Op. 1.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Walls

    Performer: Bryce Dessner.
    • SONY.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Song of Ainola

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • SONY.

  • George Enescu

    2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11: No. 1 in A Major

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rhapsody (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 3.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Rondo in C minor, WAV.208

    Ensemble: Quatuor Diotima.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapiente

    Performer: Sequentia.
    • DHM.
    • GD77020.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapiente

    Performer: Maya Beiser.
    • Innova.
    • INNOVA952.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapientie

    Performer: Arianna Savall.
    • CARPE DIEM.
    • 16304.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Music Arranger: Martin Fröst. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.
    • 88875065292.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapientie

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559794572.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapientie Alio Modo

    Performer: Stevie Wishart. Ensemble: Sinfonye. Performer: Guy Sigsworth.
    • Decca.
    • 476 5117.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons - August (La moisson)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer"

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Ensemble: Musica Alchemica.
    • 4 Seasons.
    • Glossa.
    • 4-6.

  • Laura Netzel

    Voici la Brise

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Elizabeth Burley.

  • Kaija Saariaho

    Iltarukous (Evening Prayer)

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Elizabeth Burley.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Habenera

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Elizabeth Burley.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Simon Hofele - Standards.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Anna Clyne

    PIVOT

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Orchestral Series Highlights 2021 (Edinburgh International Festival).
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Fileuse (Pelleas et Melisande - suite Op.80)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.
    • Vanguard Classics.

  • György Ligeti

    Studies - Bk.2 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayane: Sabre Dance

    Performer: Nemanja Radulović. Performer: Laure Favre-Kahn. Performer: Ludovit Kovac. Performer: Nicolas Montazaud. Music Arranger: Yvan Cassar. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Journey East.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Orazio Benevoli

    Missa Benevola: Kyrie II

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CORO.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.8 in D major for string orchestra: IV. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.
    • 5552022.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • The Copland Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • David Bruce

    Death is a Friend of Ours (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Sean Shibe. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Yizhar Karshon. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • DG.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 'From the New World': II. Largo

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • ERATO.

  • Hannah Peel

    Perhaps It Made Us Happy For A Minute (The Unfolding)

    Orchestra: Paraorchestra. Conductor: Charles Hazlewood.
    • The Unfolding.
    • Real World.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Cantata BWV.54)

    Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA Red Seal.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fêtes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Greatest Hits.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Aug 2024 09:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3