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Violinist Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte talks Proms debuts!

Tom Service has the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend, and welcomes French violinist Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte to the studio to play live ahead of his Proms debut

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

Described as "mesmerizing" by the New Yorker, the French violinist Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte is in town to make his Proms debut and he pops into the Saturday Morning studio with harpsichordist Justin Taylor to give us a sneak preview of his high-octane, virtuosic playing style. He chats to Tom about how to bring the dance into performing and why he's on a mission to breathe new life into centuries-old music.

British composer Tom Coult's new piece is given its world premiere at the Proms this week and he talks to Tom about why his music is all about Hendrix and harmonicas, ooziness and ghosts and the influences behind his bewitching sound worlds.

Plus Tom pays tribute to the conductor Sir Roger Norrington, who died this weekend aged 91 - Sir Roger leaves one of the richest legacies of any conductor of the 20th and 21st centuries and his landmark recordings of Beethoven symphonies remain as 'fresh as paint' today. Tom talks to Nicholas Kenyon who knew him well about his huge contribution to music, and we hear Sir Roger from the Radio 3 archives.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Toccata)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • decca.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.2)

    Orchestrator: Roy Bargy. Orchestrator: Roy Bargy. Orchestra: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Orchestra: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane Op.50

    Choir: Ch艙ur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Faure: Requiem: Paavo Jarvi.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 010.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • Granville Bantock

    Song to the Seals

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto - Assai meno presto

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Terry Riley

    G Song

    Performer: Dominik Bukowski. Performer: Kasia Kadlubowska.
    • Dux.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Symphony No.2 - 3rd mvt - Scherzo

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Surge propera amica mea

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 82: III. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Duke Ellington

    The Nutcracker Suite: Peanut Brittle Brigade

    Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Miho Hazama.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929: III. Scherzando. Allegro mode

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 203.

  • Fran莽ois Franc艙ur

    Sonata in G major, op.1 no 10 4th mvt presto

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.

  • Fran莽ois Franc艙ur

    Sonata in g minor op 2, n掳6 - Adagio and Courante

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony, Op 4: II. Playful Pizzicato

    Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Divertimenti.
    • 2L.
    • 2.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Barbara

    Septembre

    • 脌 sa guitare.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto in F major H.18.3 for kbd & orch: 3rd mvt; Presto (arr. for accordion)

    Performer: Viviane Chassot. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Sony.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178: IV. Allegro con fuoco

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 4.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Go from my window

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • My Days.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 16.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: IV. Lento - Allegro

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 4.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Scarlatti : Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Tom Coult

    Three Pieces that Disappear: No. 2, Boisterous Then Placid

    • Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 2.

  • Tom Coult

    After Lassus: VI. Sancti mei

    • Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear.
    • NMC Recordings Limited.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 13.

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