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Tom Service with music to start your weekend

Tom Service plays the best classical music alongside the latest stories in the arts world.

Tom plays classical music to start your weekend.

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, Composer and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi鈥檚 new work for New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet is a homage to the remarkable resurgence of the humpback whale which came back from near extinction to record sightings in 2021. It seeks to echo the whales' hauntingly beautiful melodies, celebrating their survival and the enduring mystery of their song.

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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5 "Slavyanskaya": II. Scherzo. Allegro

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Glazunov: The Symphonies.
    • Orfeo.
    • 2.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Un pensiero voli in ciel (Delirio amoroso, HWV 99)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Handel Italian Cantatas.
    • Archiv.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Columba aspexit

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Doreen Muskett. Choir: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • HYPERION.

  • Edward Elgar

    Harmony Music no.1

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet: Athena Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Franz Liszt

    Ann茅es de p猫lerinage: 2猫me ann茅e: Italie, S.161 - 4. Sonetto 47 del Petra

    • Alfred Brendel - Liszt - Artist's Choice.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: I. Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Eric Wetherell

    How Like A Winter (arr. for voice, guitar, and double bass by Eleanor Grant)

    • Seasons in Time.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations in C Major, Op. 120 - Var. 10

    • Beethoven: Diabelli Variations.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    6 Moments musicaux, D. 780: No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Andantino

    • Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in C major Op.15 no.3

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommt, ihr T枚chter, helft mir klagen (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon. Choir: Ma卯trise de Radio France.
    • JS Bach: Matth盲us-Passion.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacree et danse profane

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Voyage.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13-14.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:52: I. Allegro (moderato)

    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Presto (4th mvt from Concerto in E minor TWV.52:e1 for flute, recorder and strings)

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Jan Bengtson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Fr枚st.
    • Martin Frost: Roots.
    • Sony.
    • 002.

  • Cassie Kinoshi

    Whalesong

    Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Ensemble: Kleio Quartet.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op. 24: Overture

    Conductor: Darrell Ang. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester.
    • Kabalevsky: Works for Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No.1 in A major, Op.18 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: The String Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Tallis

    In jejunio et fletu

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jun 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3