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Tom Service, Olivier Latry, Jess Gillam and Mark-Anthony Turnage

Olivier Latry talks to Tom about Bach, Jess Gillam shares her thoughts on the Prom she's performing at in Gateshead, and Mark-Anthony Turnage discusses his 2025 hit opera Festen.

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend! Today's episode features three musicians who all appear at this year's Proms season.

Olivier Latry talks to Tom about Bach, the mighty organ of Notre Dame and how he feels to be returning to the Royal Albert Hall organ for his forthcoming Prom, which focuses on the art of transcription.

Radio 3 presenter and saxophonist extraordinaire Jess Gillam reveals why she's so excited to be involved with "Choirs on the Concourse" in Gateshead, as part of the BBC Proms in the North East.

And in his ongoing series, Tom meets another Creator, as Mark-Anthony Turnage explains the process of adapting an orchestral suite from his hit 2025 opera Festen - the suite will be premiered at this year's Proms on 28th July.

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Music Played

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 11.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (Lieder und Gesange)

    Singer: Sophie Rennert. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • MAHLER...Lieder der Jugend: Songs of youth and awakening.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto in 4 parts in G minor Op.9 no.4

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 13.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse des dépêches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • L'eventail De Jeanne / Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • William Henry Harris

    Bring us, O Lord God

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • The Road to Paradise.
    • DG.
    • 11.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Tanzlied des Pierrot (Die tote Stadt)

    Performer: Joseph Lin. Performer: Benjamin Loeb.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Music Arranger: The Julian Bliss Septet. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • I Got Rhythm.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard suite no.5 in E major HWV.430 (Allemande)

    Performer: Asako Ogawa.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.

  • Hans Rott

    Symphony no.1 in E major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Elegie Op.160

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV.542 (Fantasia - extract)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • LA DOLCE VOLTA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering BWV.1079 (Ricercar a 6 - extract)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • LA DOLCE VOLTA LDV69.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV.565 (Toccata - extract)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • LA DOLCE VOLTA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV.582 (extract)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • LA DOLCE VOLTA.

  • William Walton

    Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (2nd mvt)

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

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum no.3 in A flat major

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Liszt: La campanella.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Jeu de cartes (Deal 3)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de Cartes; Agon.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

  • Henry Wood

    Jack's the Lad [Hornpipe] (Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 12.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Hallelujah [Improvisation on the Theme of the Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Teldec.

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita

    Singer: Anna Sandström. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine - improvisation (Officium defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Performer: Jan Garbarek.
    • ECM.

  • Florence Price

    On a quiet lake

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Florence Price Piano Music.
    • Guild Music.
    • 37.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Viens, Hymen)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Versailles.
    • Erato.
    • 9.

  • Mykola Lysenko

    Taras Bulba (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • PLATOON.

  • Gerald Finzi

    For St Cecilia Op.30 (Wherefore we bid you to the full concent)

    Music Arranger: Robert Gower. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Performer: Thomas Simpson. Conductor: Steven Grahl.
    • HYPERION.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DG.

  • Mark‐Anthony Turnage

    Festen (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • BBC recording.

  • Karl Davydov

    At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2

    Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.
    • Olympia.

  • William Byrd

    Civitas sancti tui (Ne irascaris, Domine)

    Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Samson et Dalila Op.47 (Bacchanale)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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