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American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton drops by

Tom Service meets American opera singer Jamie Barton, learns about the music of Moominland and plays the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend!

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend!

This morning Tom chats to the brilliant charismatic American mezzo Jamie Barton. The NY Times describes her "Opera鈥檚 Nose-Studded Rock Star" - she's a former star soloist at the Last Night of the Proms and winner of the Cardiff Singer of the World, and is back in the UK this week. Always in demand in opera houses across the world, Jamie is also passionate about being a voice for women, queer people and marginalised communities in the arts. She chats to Tom about the magic of her voice and some of her secret tricks, how late night radio brought her to music and why she's on a mission to open the doors to everyone to opera.

Author and artist Tove Jansson's beloved series of books on the Moomins turns 80 this year so Tom heads to Moominvalley to explore the music found there. Singer Emma Klingenberg tells us about how music shaped Tove Jannson's world and Finnish bass player and composer Lauri Porra - who also happens to be the great-grandson of Jean Sibelius - tells us about his new album 'Seasons in Moominvalley' for piano and string ensemble in which he captures their musical essence.

Plus the continuation of 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century. This week, violinist Rakhi Singh and composer and producer Seb Gainsborough commemorate the Manchester Arena Bombing which took place on 22nd May 2017, in their piece There is nothing in the Sky. The work features 22 bells, one for each of the lives lost that night

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest HWV.258

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin: VI. Toccata

    Orchestrator: Kenneth Hesketh. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 401.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd girl's dance (The Mountain King)

    Music Arranger: Sebastien Dub茅. Music Arranger: Sebastien Dub茅. Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Sebastien Dub茅.
    • SONY.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon from Rusalka, arr. for cello & orchestra

    Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Frost.
    • Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.6 in C major D.589 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.

  • Antonia Bembo

    Habbi piet脿 di me

    Ensemble: Les Kapsber鈥檊irls.
    • Vox Feminae.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 15.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.

  • Pekka Kuusisto

    Snufkin's Melody - from Moominvalley OST

    • Gutsy Animations.

  • Emma Klingenberg

    Snusmumrikens V氓rvisa

  • Lauri Porra

    Seasons in Moominvalley

    • Sony.

  • Ilkka Kuusisto

    Concertino Improvvisando: III. Fast

    Conductor: Jaakko Kuusisto. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • Kuusisto: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony.

  • James Stewart Robertson

    The Liverpool Hornpipe

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 27.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish": II. Scherzo. Sehr massig

    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 10.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Ja, Gretelchen...Hurr, hopp hopp! From H盲nsel und Gretel

    Singer: Jamie Barton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet' einen linden Duft - from Ruckert Lieder

    Singer: Jamie Barton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm

    Singer: Jamie Barton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Quintet in B minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Pejacevic: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Maxixe

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • El Bohemio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Bram van Sambeek

    Concerto in E Minor, RV 409 (Arr. M. Prooijen for Double Bass and bassoon)

    • Doppio espressivo.
    • BIS.
    • 603.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Eduard Toldr脿 i Soler

    Vistes al mar - iii. La mar estava alegre

    Orchestra: Ensemble Esperanza.
    • ARS.

  • Trad.

    The Parting Glass

    Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Music Arranger: S艒 Percussion. Singer: Caroline Shaw. Performer: S艒 Percussion.
    • Rectangles and Circumstance.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 15.

  • Rakhi Singh

    There is nothing in the sky

    Performer: Rakhi Singh. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Naomi Woo.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Maria Pires - Piano.
    • DGG.
    • 5.

  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors.
    • Coro.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture 'Namensfeier', Op 115

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 May 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3