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Violinist Alena Baeva with sublime Beethoven in the studio

Tom Service with the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend. With an exclusive session from violinist Alena Baeva, plus harpist Lavinia Meijer chats about her new album.

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

Described as ​“a magnetic presence”, violinist Alena Baeva is Tom's guest this morning. She brings her violin to the studio with pianist Vadym Kholodenko to perform exclusively for Saturday Morning pieces from their brand-new Beethoven album and chat about why his music is as urgent now as ever.

The inaugural exhibition at V&A East opens today and "Music is Black: A British Story" celebrates Black British music’s essential role in our cultural landscape. Tom takes a trip to see it in the company of composer Errollyn Wallen, the Master of the King's Music - the first composer of colour to hold this role. Together they look round some of the incredible riches the new exhibition has to show!

And our focus on Creators continues with the brilliant harpist Lavinia Meijer. She talks to Tom about her new release 'Unfolding Lines' remakes music by Bach, Scarlatti and Handel for the harp. She chats about some of the joys and challenges of arranging them, why the harp is not just for romance and why you need to work on your muscles to play the instrument.

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String quartet no.12 in F major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
    • Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Borodin: Str.
    • BIS.
    • 104.

  • François Couperin

    Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Insomnia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto, S. 61: II. Larghetto

    • Poulenc: Concertos for Piano.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Trad.

    Guayabo Zarandeao

    Singer: Luciana Mancini. Conductor: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • Traditional: Guayabo Zarandeao.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London": I. Adagio - Allegro

    Conductor: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Hdb Sonus.

  • Arno Babajanian

    Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: II. Andante

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Tchaikovsky, Schnittke & Babajanian: Works for Piano Trio.
    • BIS.
    • 202.

  • Allison Loggins-Hull

    Grit. Grace. Glory - iii Quip

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Cleveland.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.

  • Arnold Bax

    Tintagel

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in E flat major Op.12 No.3 for violin and piano - 3rd mvt Finale

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in A major Op.30 No.1 for violin and piano - 2nd mvt Adagio

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Totus Tuus

    Conductor: Michael Deltchev. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent.
    • Collegium Vocale: Beyound The Eastern Wind.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 1.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Humoresque

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M. 43: IV. Alborada del gracioso

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic": III. Andante moderato

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1-9.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dances for Orchestra (Dance I)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Scenes from Hiawatha - overture Op.30`3

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Botsford

    Black and White Rag

    Performer: Winifred Atwell.
    • Living Era.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dances for Orchestra (Dance II)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Mozart Symphonies Nos. 39, 40, 41.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

    A siolo flasiquiyo

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in E Major, BWV 878

    • Unfolding Lines.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Lavinia Meijer

    Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848

    • Unfolding Lines.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Lavinia Meijer

    Koyaanisqatsi

    • The Glass Effect (The Music of Philip Glass & Others).
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E Major, K 380

    • Unfolding Lines.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Michael Daugherty

    Metropolis Symphony: IV. Oh, Lois!

    Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony.
    • Michael Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony & Deus ex Machina.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Discover Generation Classical.
    • DG CD.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

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