Pianist Boris Giltburg performs live in the studio
Conductor Susanna Mälkki and pianist Boris Giltburg are Tom's live guests. And this week's Sounds of the Century series continues with music by Nkeiru Okoye.
Tom Service is joined in the studio by the Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki, who is in the UK this week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. And the international pianist Boris Giltburg plays music by Beethoven and Rachmaninov live just after 11 o'clock.
Each week as part of ѿý Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century series, Tom introduces a brand-new piece of music commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century. This week Radio 3 commissioned the American composer Nkeiru Okoye. She marks the historic election of the first African American US president in her piece, And the People Celebrated. It's performed by the ѿý Concert Orchestra with narrator Paterson Joseph.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 04.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No 4 in C major, D46 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- Erato.
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Alexander Gretchaninov
Nine sili nebesniya
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Tenebrae-Signum.
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Antonín Kraft
Cello Concerto in C Major: 1st mvt; Allegro aperto
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- Antonín Kraft, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cello Concertos.
- harmonia mundi.
- 1.
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John Dowland
Time stands still in gazing on her face
Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- DG.
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutshe Grammophon.
- 5.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Dvorak, A.: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
- Signum Classics.
- 204.
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Steve Reich
Runner
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- Steve Reich: Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra.
- Nonesuch.
- 1.
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Pierre Boulez
Sur incises
Performer: Dimitri Vassilakis. Performer: Hidéki Nagano. Performer: Florent Boffard. Performer: Frédérique Cambreling. Performer: Marianne Le Mentec. Performer: Vincent Bauer. Performer: Daniel Ciampolini. Performer: Michel Cerutti. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Pierre Boulez: Oeuvres complètes.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite: Intermezzo
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkainen.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495
Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.- Alpha.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird
Composer: Mary Elizabeth Coleridge. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Good Night, Beloved.
- CORO.
- 9.
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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.
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Maurice Ravel
La valse
Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 14.
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Nicola Matteis
Diverse bizzarrie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda ò pur Ciaccona
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.- ALPHA.
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Nkeiru Okoye
And the People Celebrated
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor (Sanctus. Pleni sunt coeli; Osanna in excelsis)
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No.28 Op. 101 First movement: Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Performer: Boris Giltburg. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Sergey Rachmaninov Prelude Op 23 No. 2 in B flat major
Performer: Boris Giltburg. -
Richard Strauss
Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1
Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- PHILIPS.
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Charles‐Marie Widor
Piano Quintet in D minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: I Giardini.- ALPHA.
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Jennifer Higdon
Concerto 4-3 - I. The Shallows
Composer: Nicolas Kendall. Composer: Ranaan Meyer. Composer: Charles Yang. Conductor: Xian Zhang. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Ensemble: Time for Three.- Letters for the Future.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C major
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Mozart Violin Sonatas.
- Hyperion.
- 005.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Naïs (Overture)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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- Sat 22 Mar 2025 09:00ѿý Radio 3