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Louise Alder pops in for a chat

Tom Service with the perfect classical weekend soundtrack! Plus soprano Louise Alder, composer Colin Matthews and a celebration of John Williams' Jaws soundtrack as Jaws turns 50.

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 shows at this year's 蜜芽传媒 Proms including headlining the Last Night of the Proms.

"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. Film music historian Jon Burlingame tells the stories behind the music of Spielberg's most famous villain - we're going to need a bigger radio show...

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.

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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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 (H.1.103) in E flat major "Drum roll", 4th movement; Finale

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 3.

  • David Bruce

    Tarantella di Sannicandro

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Avi Avital. Lyricist: Trad.. Singer: Alessia Tondo.
    • Tarantella di Sannicandro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 1 Twilight Way)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Dvor谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor, 4th mvt

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Stephan Koncz.
    • Pentatone.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Do You Hear Us In Heaven

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Marche au supplice)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for multiple instruments in C major, RV 558 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

  • John Williams

    Jaws - Main Title And First Victim

    • Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Jaws - Promenade

    • Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • John Williams

    Jaws - The Shark Cage Fugue

    • Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    Jaws - The Great Shark Chase

    • Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • John Williams

    Jaws - End Titles

    • Jaws (The Collector's Edition Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannh盲user (Overture)

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

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: Jean Anouilh. Singer: Louise Alder.
    • Ch猫re Nuit.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me - from Semele

    Singer: Louise Alder. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K. 505

    Performer: Robert Levin. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr. Singer: Louise Alder.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 27.
    • AAM Records.
    • 4.

  • HK Gruber

    Manhattan Broadcasts: II. Radio City

    Conductor: HK Gruber. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Gruber, H.K.: Manhattan Broadcasts / Cello Concerto / Zeitfluren (Timescapes).
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Marin Marais

    Pi猫ce de viole, Livre 3, Suite No. 7 in G Major: No. 107, La guitare

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • Voix humaines. Marais: Pi猫ces in茅dites pour fl没te.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 23.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Allegro molto

    Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester.
    • Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Anna Meredith

    Bubble Gun

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Jack Ross. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata In B Flat Major Buxwv.255 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Buxtehude Trio Sonatas Op.1.
    • Alpha-Classics.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Marurka in a minor op.59 no.1

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Signs Still Point The Way

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 1: Late String Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 309.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream , Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO LIVE.

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  • Sat 14 Jun 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3