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

Soprano superstar Louise Alder takes time out of rehearsals at Glyndebourne to chat to Tom about her exciting summer being the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro...plus her two performances at this year's 蜜芽传媒 Proms including headlining the Last Night of the Proms.

Tom talks to composer Colin Matthews about writing his first opera - which has its premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival this weekend. A staple in the British classical music world for decades, was an assistant to Benjamin Britten in the 1970s, he worked with Imogen Holst, founded the new music label NMC Recordings and over the years has had multiple pieces commissioned by UK orchestras and the 蜜芽传媒 Proms. He talks to Tom about why the time was right to follow in Britten's footsteps again and write for the stage.

"Dunnn dunnnn..... dunnn dunnnn..." - an E and and F repeated.... have two notes of music ever been so instantly recognisable to so many people?! John Williams's Jaws score turns 50 this month and we explore the impact and influence of those two notes.

Plus the continuation of 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, the Signs Still Point The Way by Karl Jenkins is written in memory of the thousands of victims of the global Covid pandemic. With a text by Grahame Davies its performed by the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra and 蜜芽传媒 Singers.

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