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Tom meets Barbara Hannigan

Tom Service meets trailblazing soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan, and pianist Siwan Rhys premieres Radio 3's commission for International Women's Day by Sarah Frances Jenkins.

In a special programme for International Women's Day, Tom Service talks to the trailblazing Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan ahead of her programmes with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Tom is also joined live in the studio by the pianist Siwan Rhys, who gives the world premiere of Radio 3's special commission for International Women's Day, 'I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself', by Sarah Frances Jenkins. Plus mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and the pianist Anna Tilbrook perform live and talk about the music of Rebecca Clarke.

Tom also continues ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. Today, we hear the first broadcast of Kieran Brunt's work, The Hologram of St Cecilia, written for the ѿý Singers. It explores the impact of streaming on our relationship with music since the launch of Spotify in 2006.

All this and much more for International Women's Day 2025!

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Ruth Crawford Seeger

    Risselty rosselty

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": III. Molto vivac

    Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" & American Suite.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Scherzo in D major for string quartet [from "Les vendredis"]

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • SIMAX.
  • Olivia Belli

    Limina Luminis

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Firedove.
    • SONY.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in E flat major K371 for horn and orchestra

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.
    • ALPHA.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Lua Branca

    Performer: Maria Teresa Madeira. Music Arranger: Maria Teresa Madeira.
    • Biscoito Fino.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Esther van der Eijk. Performer: Albert Brüggen. Performer: Tom Foster.
    • The Frans Brüggen Project.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Sarah Frances Jenkins

    I am out with Lanterns, Looking for Myself

    Performer: Siwan Rhys.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor Op.3 no.11

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • Vivaldi: 12 Concertos, Op. 3 "L'Estro Armonico".
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 32.
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    Mother's Love

    Performer: Siwan Rhys.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Valencia for string quartet

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Orange.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    String Quartet in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.
  • Kieran Brunt

    The Hologram of St Cecilia

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Graham Walker.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    June Twilight

    Singer: Kitty Whately. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Tiger, Tiger!

    Performer: Kitty Whately (mezzo soprano). Performer: Anna Tilbrook (piano).
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler):

    Music Arranger: Gustav Mahler. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • R. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Overture for Orchestra

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • LINN.

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Mar 2025 09:00