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Vilde Frang

Tom Service talks to the star Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang about Elgar's Violin Concerto, and to cellist Matthew Barley about his new project, Light Stories.

Tom Service talks to the star Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang about Elgar's Violin Concerto, and to cellist Matthew Barley about his new project, Light Stories.

9.45am
Tom reflects on the bells of Notre-Dame in Paris, which received a special Blessing Ceremony last week as they re-entered the Cathedral after its devastating fire in 2019. He includes music from Alan Melken from the soundtrack to Disney's film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, music by Rachmaninov and Jonathan Harvey, and the carillon of bells from Notre-Dame.

10.15am
The star Norwegian violinist, Vilde Frang, talks to Tom Service about her interpretation of Elgar's Violin Concerto, a work with an extraordinary emotional depth. She talks about how wonderful it is to be part of a symphonic texture, in a way that is unique to Elgar's Violin Concerto, and about how she chooses repertoire to record.

11.05am
Tom Service talks to the pianist Alexandra Dariescu whose new prize, in her name, is being given at the Leeds International Piano Competition for the first time this year.

11.25am
Cellist and composer Matthew Barley talks to Tom about his latest project, Light Stories. It's both an album and a series of concerts, including visuals and dancing, which tells his journey through two terrifying traumas, first as a teenager and then in a spirit-expanding experience in Brazil.

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Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride: Overture

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiƙí BělohlĂĄvek.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.5 in B flat; Feux-follets

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Violin Concerto No. 9 in D Major, RV 230: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: Alison Balsom. Music Arranger: Simon Wright. Ensemble: Pinnock's Players.
    • WARNER.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude No. 1

    Performer: MĂĄire Carroll.
    • Philip Glass: Complete Piano Etudes.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse - choreographic poem for orchestra

    Conductor: Paavo JĂ€rvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie.
    • RCA.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No.5 in F minor, Op.42`1)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • BNL.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    12 Studies, W235, A235: No. 1, Allegro non troppo

    • Profesion.
    • Pentatone.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: IV. Allegretto con variazioni

    • Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Boréades: Contredanse en rondeau

    Performer: Gåbor Boldoczki. Ensemble: Cappella Gabetta. Conductor: Andrés Gabetta.
    • Sony.
  • Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • WARNER.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony in G major, Hob. I. No.47 'Palindrome': I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Henning Kraggerud

    Postlude in B flat minor (Equinox)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.
    • SIMAX.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Anna Meredith

    moonmoons

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Maddie Cutter.
    • Fibs.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007: I. Prelude

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Prelude in D flat major

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 201.
  • Matthew Barley

    The Unwaiting Sky

    Performer: Matthew Barley.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.
  • Gustav Holst

    Beni Mora Op.29`1 (In the street of the Ouled Nails)

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie

    The Noise

    • BANDCAMP.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Sep 2024 09:00