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Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth on Aldeburgh Festival

Tom Service introduces the best classical music and the latest stories from the arts world. Tom meets conductor Ryan Wigglesworth to chat about this year's Aldeburgh Festival.

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

Tom meets conductor and composer Ryan Wigglesworth, who is the featured artist at this year's Aldeburgh Festival. He talks about his long association with the festival where he first encountered his mentor and friend Oliver Knussen, his brand new viola concerto which will be premiered there, and the importance of music education and building musical communities.

The bass-baritone Davóne Tines chats to Tom about his upcoming performance of his "Concerto no.3: Mass" at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The piece explores self-reflection and was written collaboratively with Caroline Shaw and Tyshawn Sorey, as well as incorporating music by Handel and Bach.

Our focus on Creators continues with the Danish String Quartet who talk about the making of their first album "Wood Works" in 2014, which featured their unique arrangements of traditional folk music from small Nordic villages; arrangements which have since been shared by musicians across the globe.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • ONYX.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pas de deux of Apollo and Terpsichore (Apollo musagete)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat in D major (Gloria & closing chorus: Sicut erat in principio)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess, a Symphonic Picture: It Ain't Necessarily So; Oh Lord, I'm on My Way

    Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • An American Dream?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.

  • Sally Beamish

    The Wise Maid

    Performer: Katrina Lee.
    • Delphian Records.

  • Rita Strohl

    Septet in C minor: 3rd mvt; Romance. Très lent et très mystérieux

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Alexandre Pascal. Performer: Léa Hennino. Performer: Claudine Legras. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 3 in D major BWV.1068 for orchestra: Gavottes 1 and 2

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Enrique Granados

    Goyescas - 7 pieces for piano, no.1; Los Requiebros (Compliments galants)

    Performer: Charlotte Hu.
    • Goyescas.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Os Justi

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    Tonada: La Donosa

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Bailar Cantando.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 3.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 7

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Oliver Knussen

    The Way to Castle Yonder: The Journey to The Big White House

    Ensemble: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pelleas et Melisande: Act 4, Interlude 6

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Chandos.

  • Pierre des Molins

    Amis tous dous - Molendinium de Paris

    Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble. Director: Anna Danilevskaia.
    • Flamboyance.
    • Passacaille.
    • 7.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K 271 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Davóne Tines

    Concerto No 2: Anthem

    Singer: Davóne Tines. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.

  • Davóne Tines

    Recital No.1: Mass

    Composer: George Frideric Handel. Performer: John Bitoy. Singer: Davóne Tines.

  • Davóne Tines

    Recital No.1: Mass

    Performer: John Bitoy. Singer: Davóne Tines.

  • Louis de Caix d’Hervelois

    Plainte

    Performer: Benjamin Perrot.
    • Louis de Caix d'Hervelois, in the footsteps of Marin Marais.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Marianna Martines

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in G Major: I. Allegro brillante

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • In Plain Sight.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.

  • Trad.

    Jasspodspolska

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Da Capo.
    • 11.

  • Trad.

    Old Reinlender (Sonndala)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.

  • Trad.

    Vigstamoin

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Dacapo.

  • Trad.

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 004.

  • Trad.

    Sonderho Bridal Trilogy Part I

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Dacapo.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Ave Regina Caelorum (Agnus Dei I & II)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Palestrina - Volume 7.
    • CORO.
    • 16.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 4 in F minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Romeo & Juliet Overture.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

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