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Virtuosic folk & roots from Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi

Tom Service introduces the best classical music and the latest stories from the arts world.

Tom Service introduces the best classical music and the latest stories from the arts world.

Multi-instrumentalists Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi bring their folk and roots virtuosity to the Saturday Morning studio with a live session. Writer, broadcaster and cultural historian Flora Willson talks to Tom about her new book 'Operatic Infrastructures', and the Associate Director of the Royal Opera, Netia Jones, is this week's Creator. She tells Tom about her work in bringing together the ancient art form of opera with the most cutting edge technology.

With a playlist of the best classical music in new and landmark recordings - some introduced by the artists themselves - this is the place to spend your Saturday Morning.

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Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Max Bruch

    8 Pieces Op.83 (no.7 in B major)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen.
    • Mozart, Schumann & Others: Clarinet Trios.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Appena il sol Op.7 no.13

    Singer: Laura Catrani. Orchestra: Accademia dell’Annunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Barbara Strozzi. Virtuosissima Sirena.
    • Arcana.
    • 6.

  • Mykola Lysenko

    Reverie, Op.13

    Performer: Dmytro Choni.
    • NAIVE.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkäinen's Return (Lemminkäinen Suite Op.22)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu‐Matias Rouvali.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto - Lemminkäinen Suite.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.

  • Claude Debussy

    Mouvement (Images, Set 1)

    Performer: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Images, Arabesques: Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in F major BWV.233 (Kyrie & Gloria in Excelsis Deo)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Cello Concerto 'Earth, Sea, Air' (Air)

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
    • Earth, Sea, Air, British Music for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Bologne

    String quartet in G minor Op.14 no.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • AZICA.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

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

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Oratorios.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 114.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in C major Op.87 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: John P. Newhill. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Pipi Danga / Pompey Ran Away

    Performer: Rhiannon Giddens. Performer: Francesco Turrisi.
    • BBC recording.

  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Carolina Gals

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Rhiannon Giddens.
    • BBC recording.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Wagner: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Elegy)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • 150 Years Of the John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Béla Bartók

    Piano Concerto no.1 Sz.83 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    String serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.
    • Linn.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 3 voices (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 15.

  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus S.98

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • Liszt: Les Préludes; Orpheus; Mazeppa; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet [extract] (Lakme)

    Singer: Mady Mesplé. Singer: Danielle Millet. Orchestra: Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique. Composer: Alain Lombard.
    • Delibes: Lakme highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Jules Massenet

    Dance of the Hours - extract (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
    • Ponchielli: La Gioconda.
    • Decca.

  • Jules Massenet

    Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel - extract (Le mage)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.
    • Gounod & Massenet: Arias.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic (Maze Mechanical)

    Performer: Caroline Eva Chin. Performer: Laura Melton.
    • Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin & Piano.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 106.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (Der Trunkene im Frühling)

    Singer: Klaus König. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5 & Das Lied von der Erde.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Victor Young

    Stella By Starlight

    Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Bill Evans. Lyricist: Ned Washington.
    • Kind Of Blue (Legacy Edition).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye; Boléro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Oliver Knussen

    Where the Wild Things Are (extract)

    Singer: Lisa Saffer. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (Peter Grimes Op.33)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Jacopo Peri

    Euridice (extract)

    Ensemble: Choruses of Hades. Orchestra: Ensemble Arpeggio. Conductor: Roberto de Caro.
    • Arts Productions Ltd.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ich wandte mich (4 Ernste Gesänge Op.121)

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Encounter.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    Prelude no.1

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Portraits - The Clarinet Album.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 1.

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