Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Tom talks to Ivan Fischer

Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack to start the weekend! Plus conductor Ivan Fischer talks Bartok, Proms and shaking up the symphony orchestra.

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

Tom catches up with the Hungarian conductor and composer Ivan Fischer as he prepares to return to the 蜜芽传媒 Proms with the orchestra he formed over forty years ago, the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He reflects on his relationship with the people and the politics of Hungary and talks about his endless desire to innovate and extend the musical experience of audiences. He also explains why in a world of AI and fake news, the trust between orchestra and audience is more valuable and vital than ever.

Ahead of her Proms performance at the Glasshouse in Gateshead, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison chats to Tom about her project "The Sorrow Songs - Folk Songs of Black British Experience". She wrote the album to give musical voice to the stories of Black Britons from through the centuries who she discovered were missing from folk repertoire. Angeline tells Tom how her songs are already starting to make their way into the folk clubs of Cornwall.

A century ago, the first electrical recordings were released by major record labels on both sides of the Atlantic, revolutionising the listening experience, allowing people to hear far richer and more nature sounding recordings of their favourite artists and orchestras. We hear from producer and audio restorer Mark Obert-Thorn who has brought together many of the most significant recordings from that time for the Pristine label on a compilation called "1925: Landmarks from the Dawn of Electrical Recording". Mark explains why this was the single most important development in recording since its invention by Thomas Edison in 1877 and how it changed the course of musical history.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Jul 2025 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Violinist Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte talks Proms debuts!

Next

Live from the Edinburgh International Festival

See all episodes from Saturday Morning

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Virgin.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 6 in E major: 4th movement; Finale

    Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CPO.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 5 in G Major, Moderato

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Overture, GWV.449 (Allegro)

    Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Performer: Gunar Letzbor.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: No.5 Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: Malin Broman. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Breaking Waves.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fuga y misterio (Arr. for Cello & Ensemble)

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Performer: William Sabatier. Performer: Christophe Collette. Performer: Emmanuel Bernard. Performer: Vincent Deprecq. Performer: Romain L茅cuyer. Performer: Emilie Aridon-Kocio艂ek.
    • Cello Tango.
    • Aparte.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine (Officium Defunctorum)

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • John Dankworth

    Thieving Boy

    Performer: John Dankworth. Lyricist: Alun Owen. Singer: Cleo Laine.
    • Wordsongs.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 29.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

    Performer: Daniel Moult.
    • Fugue State Films.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Kod谩ly Zolt谩n

    Evening Song

    Performer: Sophia Mu帽oz. Music Arranger: Emily D鈥橝ngelo. Music Arranger: Sophia Mu帽oz. Singer: Emily D鈥橝ngelo.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: 1st movement, Poco sostenuto - vivace

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11, Sz. 48: Fifth Door, Bluebeard's Kingdom. "L谩sd ez az

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Decca.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Peasant Songs (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Hungarian Sketches: Fischer/Budapest Festival O.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: 4th movement, Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Sigismondo d鈥橧ndia

    Ardo, lassa, o non ardo?

    Singer: Julie Roset. Singer: Mariana Flores. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea. Conductor: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n.
    • Ricercar.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (version for percussions) - Movement III: Fast

    Performer: Kuniko Kato. Music Arranger: Kuniko Kato.
    • Kuniko plays Reich.
    • LINN.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Te Deum, Op. 22: I. Te Deum (Hymne)

    Choir: Choir of Eltham College. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • My American Story: North.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Max Bruch

    String Octet in B flat major, Op posth (1920) (Adagio)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Richard Ayres

    No.37b For Orchestra: 4th mvt: 'Exit'

    Conductor: Roland Kluttig. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • NONcertos And Others.
    • NMC.
    • 4.

  • Marin Marais

    Pi猫ces de violes, Book 4: No. 87, Le Badinage

    Performer: Hille Perl. Performer: Lee Santana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595: Rondo-Allegro

    Performer: Richard Goode. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Yuri Shaporin

    Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 25 - Prelude

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Petr Shimonov.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for double string orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Jul 2025 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3